GanandaNY
A town of 6,273.
Is Gananda a good place to live?
12% of residents are 65 or older in Gananda, below both New York’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (18%). Only 2 of the 759 New York towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Gananda. Gananda’s trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile, where New York’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. We don’t grade Gananda yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave Gananda for work
Where Gananda’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Cumorah and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gananda. Close and well known come first.
11 mi MountainCumorah
39 mi LakeSeneca Lake
13 mi MuseumGeorge Eastman Museum
14 mi Stadium & arenaBlue Cross Arena
14 mi MuseumThe National Museum of Play13 mi Theme parkSeabreeze Amusement ParkPhoto credits
Cumorah: Hillcumorahpageantstage.jpg: la salebete derivative work: Eustress (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0 · Seneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · George 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
Moving to Gananda: who provides what
Gananda is unincorporated, so Wayne County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Gananda.
Very low risk in Gananda, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 83% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Gananda’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Gananda for work: only 1% work in town. 22% of workers work from home in Gananda. Since 2013, Gananda has added 101 jobs, to 513 in 2023.
| Gananda | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 22% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.1% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than New York overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 51% of residents (39% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (23% statewide). 47% of Gananda adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Gananda | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 47% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 44.6 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Gananda | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.5% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.1% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.5% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.4% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.1% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 20.1% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.4% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.8% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.9% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.2% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.6% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.5% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.9% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Gananda
Gananda has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Gananda is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Gananda is
Gananda beats the New York average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Gananda | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 34% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 7.9% | 11% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Gananda | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.4% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 17.2% |
| More adults with depression | 21.5% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Gananda
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Gananda
About 3 of every 100 Gananda residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Gananda
Community in New York, United States
Gananda is a small "master planned community" (and census-designated place) in Wayne County, New York, United States, approximately twenty minutes outside the city of Rochester. Gananda is considered a community because it does not have its own zip code; it consists of a small portion of the adjoining towns of Walworth and Macedon. While originally designed to be a city with upwards of 90,000 residents, the removal of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding brought about its current design; as of the 2020 census, Gananda had a population of 5,867.
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- Area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 492 ft
Gananda’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Gananda.
Walworth and Macedon report no FBI crime data of their own. Gananda isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Gananda with a neighbor →
Questions about Gananda
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Gananda, NY a good place to live?
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