Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,132, settled in 1906.
East Rochester’s strongest subject is hazard risk (A+). Overall, East Rochester earns a B+: better than 70% of U.S. towns, and 238th of 745 in New York. It is strong on walkability as well: it is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $229K, 3 years of the Rochester metro’s $76K median household income. The trade-off is schools — its schools rank behind 72% of the state's. The town’s average trip to work is 19 minutes, below both New York’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). US Post Office-East Rochester is on the National Register of Historic Places. 17% of residents are under 18 locally, where New York’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 22%.
Figures: FEMA National Risk Index · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where East Rochester beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far East Rochester is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,398 in 1910, 6,334 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1905 and 6 maps from 1900 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Rochester. Close and well known come first.
6 mi MuseumGeorge Eastman Museum
7 mi Stadium & arenaBlue Cross Arena
6 mi MuseumThe National Museum of Play
16 mi MountainCumorah9 mi Theme parkSeabreeze Amusement Park
6 mi MuseumMemorial Art Gallery230K visitors a yearGeorge Eastman Museum: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blue Cross Arena: Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers), CC BY-SA 3.0 · The National Museum of Play: Misc, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cumorah: Hillcumorahpageantstage.jpg: la salebete derivative work: Eustress (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0 · Memorial Art Gallery: DanielPenfield, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in East Rochester, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in East Rochester.
East Rochester carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of New York (mostly inland flooding), gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and is safe by national standards but not by New York’s.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 99% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $131 per resident a year; that rating is what its A+ for hazard risk is built on.
Of the losses FEMA expects in East Rochester, 60% come from inland flooding and 21% from cold waves. The national flood insurance program has paid one claim locally since 1980. Federal aid has come to East Rochester households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2004.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The public schools here belong to the East Rochester Union Free School District. The largest public high school is East Rochester Junior-Senior High School, with 490 students. Below: Two of its 3 schools, each with why it was picked.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Rochester Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 432 | C+ |
| East Rochester Junior-Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 490 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Values rose 2.7% in the 12 months to September 2026. Just over three fifths of East Rochester households live in a home they own. In East Rochester, 84% of sales closed above the list price.
| East Rochester | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 61% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,132 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
31% of adults have high blood pressure in East Rochester. This New York town does better than the New York average on 12 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 3.
| East Rochester | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | East Rochester | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.3% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 7.9% |
| More adults with depression | 23.7% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Rochester Gtr Intl Ap weather station, 10 miles away, records that 102 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 97% of U.S. towns.
July afternoons reach 81° and January nights drop to 18°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
East Rochester has about as many jobs (2,698) as working residents, but only 209 people both live and work here. Jobs based here fell from 4,995 in 2013 to 2,698.
The median commute is under 7 miles. East Rochester had 2,698 jobs in 2023, down 2,297 from 2013. The top destinations are Rochester (24%), Henrietta (9%) and Perinton (8%).
| East Rochester | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 9.2% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
East Rochester has lost 3.3% of its people since 2020, down to 6,132 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Adults 18 to 34 are 28% of residents (23% statewide). The share of adults 25 and older in East Rochester who hold a bachelor’s degree or more: 37%.
| East Rochester | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 32% | 29% |
| Median age | 40.1 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.4 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| East Rochester | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.9% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.9% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.2% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 19.4% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.1% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.6% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.8% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.8% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.2% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.8% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 16% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.2% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.3% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.4% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
At 15.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 54% of New York’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 90 to 56 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
In East Rochester, the rate of reported violence is 0.3 per 1,000 residents. For East Rochester, the property offense rate is 8.9 per 1,000 residents.
| East Rochester | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 8.9 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
| East Rochester | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.8% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Eyer Park | — | 17 |
| 2. Edmund Lyon Park | 0.1 mi | 11 |
| 3. Spring Lake Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
9 within 15 miles of the center of East Rochester
About 4 of every 100 East Rochester residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Town and village in New York, United States
East Rochester is a coterminous town and village located southeast of the city of Rochester in Monroe County, New York, United States. The town and village was home to 6,334 people at the time of the 2020 United States census.
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2 towns share a border with East Rochester.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Rochester | #238 | B+ | B− | B | C | A− |
| Perinton | #124 | A | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
| Pittsford | #13 | A+ | C− | — | A | A+ |
Perinton and Pittsford report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare East Rochester with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. East Rochester grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #238 of 745 in New York. It grades A− for health, B for safety and C for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
