Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety47#8,330/15,637
Economy50#7,744/15,631
Housing19#12,190/14,977
Health72#4,327/15,609
Healthcare73#4,258/15,650
Environment82#2,697/15,453
Education81#2,971/15,649
Infrastructure89#1,737/15,650
Community53#7,421/15,651
Leisure & amenities63#5,757/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Irondequoit, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Monroe County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low8 mi
98/100New York 15 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMonroe County value
Natural hazard risk · low2.8
96/100New York 12.22025Federal Emergency Management AgencyMonroe County value
Public EV charging ports · high18.2 /10k
94/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyMonroe County value
Students per teacher · low11.4×
91/100New York 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsMonroe County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low6 mi
89/100New York 13 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMonroe County value
Primary care physicians · high108 /100k
87/100New York 83 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.70%
1/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Time spent in the emergency room · high255 min
2/100New York 202 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMonroe County value
Child care cost burden · high41.3%
6/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value
Comfortable days · low23.4%
12/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMonroe County value
Drug overdose deaths · high27.7 /100k
12/100New York 17.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMonroe County value
Rent-burdened households · high57.5%
15/100New York 52.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
50.4% (2015-2019) → 57.5% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
84.1% (2015-2019) → 90.7% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$62,225 (2015-2019) → $79,162 (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
30.2% (2015-2019) → 35.4% (2020-2024)
+5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.0× (2015-2019) → 2.3× (2020-2024)
+16%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
37.2% (2015-2019) → 40.4% (2020-2024)
+3.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Irondequoit, New York improved on 4 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Property tax−0.7 points3.38% → 2.70%
Bachelor's++3.2 points37.2% → 40.4%
Household income+27%$62,225 → $79,162
Broadband+6.6 points84.1% → 90.7%

Declined3

Rent / income+5.2 points30.2% → 35.4%
Transit use−1.3 points1.7% → 0.5%
Price / income+0.3×2.0× → 2.3×

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Irondequoit, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.3 min2015-2019	19.6 min2020-2024	−0.7 min	Within the margin of error	57%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%2015-2019	40.4%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Improved	53%
Broadband subscriptions	84.1%2015-2019	90.7%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Improved	41%
Child poverty rate	11.4%2015-2019	13.6%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Effective property tax rate	3.38%2015-2019	2.70%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Improved	96%
High school diploma or higher	93.3%2015-2019	93.6%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	60%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4102015-2019	0.4242020-2024	+0.013	Within the margin of error	39%
Median household income	$62,2252015-2019	$79,1622020-2024	+27%	Improved	49%
Poverty rate	8.3%2015-2019	9.2%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Public transit commuters	1.7%2015-2019	0.5%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Declined	16%
Rent as share of income	30.2%2015-2019	35.4%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Declined	22%
Rent-burdened households	50.4%2015-2019	57.5%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Unemployment rate	4.3%2015-2019	4.4%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.4%2015-2019	3.5%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	46%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Irondequoit, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Irondequoit, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Irondequoit, New York itself moved −6.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

50,657 residents (±59)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (+2.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

50,657 residents (±59)

Irondequoit, New York
New York share

White74%37,519
Black7.4%3,762
Hispanic or Latino11%5,657

Education

38,133 residents (±795)

Irondequoit, New York
New York share

No high school diploma6.4%2,456
High school or GED23%8,724
Some college18%6,730

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

22,471 households (±534)

Irondequoit, New York
New York share

Under $25k14%3,179
$25k–50k16%3,573
$50k–75k17%3,742
$75k–100k15%3,439
$100k–150k19%4,348
$150k–200k11%2,510
$200k or more7.5%1,680

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−7.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

22,471 households (±534)

Irondequoit, New York
New York share

Own79%17,717
Rent21%4,754

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

4,571 households (±510)

Irondequoit, New York
New York share

Under $75017%†778
$750–1,00012%536
$1,000–1,50053%2,437

Home values

17,717 homes (±566)

Irondequoit, New York
New York share

Under $150k23%4,129
$150k–250k59%10,462
$250k–400k14%2,472

Age of homes

23,502 homes (±551)

Irondequoit, New York
New York share

2010 or later2.1%†495
2000–20093.4%†794
1980–19998.6%2,019

Size of homes

23,502 homes (±551)

Irondequoit, New York
New York share

Studio1.0%†237
1 bedroom8.8%2,068
2 bedrooms23%5,432

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

25,209 workers (±1,005)

Irondequoit, New York
New York share

Drive alone76%19,242
Carpool6.4%1,602
Public transit0.5%†123
Walk1.7%†420
Bike0.0%†9
Work from home14%3,650
Other0.6%†163

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+10.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

21,559 workers (±885)

Irondequoit, New York
New York share

Under 15 min29%6,234
15–29 min57%12,186
30–44 min9.8%2,108

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Rochester, NY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Monroe County, the county holding most of Irondequoit's residents.

Monroe County has 17,484 employer establishments, 233 for every 10,000 residents (0.94× the US rate of 248; 0.85× New York's), with 350,205 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,124. The Census Bureau also counts 55,080 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 17,484; 55,080 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 233; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 350,205
Average annual pay: $57,124; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Monroe County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	1,387	18.5	1.01×About typical	24,994	$23,016	210
Ambulatory health care services	1,139	15.2	0.73×Fewer than typical	18,194	$50,641	2,985
Specialty trade contractors	1,101	14.7	0.95×About typical	10,148	$71,516	2,599
Lessors of real estate	840	11.2	0.91×About typical	4,972	$59,948	5,482
Limited-service restaurants	625	8.3	1.04×About typical	11,312	$19,650	94
Services to buildings and dwellings	588	7.9	1.16×About typical	8,730	$48,573	2,125
Full-service restaurants	572	7.6	0.99×About typical	11,331	$26,073	80
Construction of buildings	560	7.5	0.99×About typical	3,854	$77,192	905
Personal care services	475	6.3	1.33×More than typical	2,096	$27,946	2,862
Management, scientific and technical consulting	404	5.4	0.80×About typical	3,151	$74,720	2,337
Religious organizations	382	5.1	0.92×About typical	2,523	$26,186	—
Offices of other health practitioners	379	5.1	0.83×About typical	1,940	$46,229	1,614

Rank places for an industry Open Monroe County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 748,957 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $458.4K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Irondequoit, New York: $9.05 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $458.4K; +40% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9.05; US $1,994
Sole-source: 14%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.1%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

SAF INC$321.4K70%
PRESTIGE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC.$47.6K10%
QUALITY VISION INTERNATIONAL INC.$42.9K9.4%
DMYLES INC.$18.7K4.1%
LAURAMAR LLC$12.9K2.8%

Spending by fiscal year

712.3KFY2017
2.9MFY2018
661.6KFY2019
396.5KFY2020
241.3KFY2021
32.2KFY2022
4MFY2023
356.7KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$321.4K70%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$47.6K10%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$42.9K9.4%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$22.9K5.0%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$12.9K2.8%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Irondequoit, New York

DESIGN BUILD SERVICES FOR MAJOR M&R OF FLOORING DAMAGES @ U. S. COAST GUARD STATION ROCHESTER, ROCHESTER, NY.$2.4M
PRESTIGE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC.· Monroe County, NY· Construction & real property· Sep 25, 2023 – Mar 13, 2026· 70Z08323CCLEV0009
REPLACE WINDOWS IN STA OPCEN AT USCG STATION ROCHESTER, NEW YORK$370.4K
SAF INC· Monroe County, NY· Construction & real property· Aug 17, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026· 70Z08326FCLEV0049
USCG STA ROCHESTER SEWAGE LIFT STATION REPAIR$14.9K
LAURAMAR LLC· Monroe County, NY· Equipment maintenance· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 70Z03026CCLEV0118

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Irondequoit, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Irondequoit, New York's figures are part of those of Monroe County, NY ($1B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Irondequoit is mostly in Monroe County.

See federal money in Monroe County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Irondequoit, New York is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Joseph D. MorelleD-NY-25 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Monroe County81100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Rochester, NY83

Other cities and towns in Monroe County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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