Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Greece's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades C+, 440th of 745 graded towns in New York. It has 36 miles of trail. 14% of the land in Greece is conserved, where New York’s towns sit at 5.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Only 47 of New York’s 1,187 towns score lower on civic life. Greece is home to Bryant & Stratton College-Greece.
Where Greece beats most towns.
Census counts: 2,574 in 1830, a low of 2,574 in 1830, 96,926 in 2020. The archive holds 27 old photos and papers going back to 1905 and 8 maps from 1895 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Greece is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Greece. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi LakeLake Ontario
9 mi MuseumGeorge Eastman Museum
8 mi Stadium & arenaBlue Cross Arena
8 mi MuseumThe National Museum of Play
30 mi MountainCumorah8 mi Theme parkSeabreeze Amusement ParkLake Ontario: NASA, 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 · Cumorah: Hillcumorahpageantstage.jpg: la salebete derivative work: Eustress (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Greece, 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 Greece.
Greece gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, has seen reported crime fall by a third or more and has commutes shorter than most of New York.
Greece’s FEMA risk score is 2 of 100, below both New York’s towns (31 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100). Since 1978, 101 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Greece.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Greece Central School District. Three of its 24 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athena Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 810 | C− |
| Olympia High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 1,090 | C− |
| Arcadia High SchoolTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 972 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Braddock Bay Wildlife Management Area, at 2,574 acres with 2.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. The trail density in Greece is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Greece Canal Park | 7.6 mi | 654 |
| 2. Beatty Point | 3.6 mi | 123 |
| 3. Braddock Bay Park | 3.5 mi | 273 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The average commute for its 44,283 working residents takes 20.5 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Greece for work: only 16% work in town. Greece’s average trip to work is 21 minutes. Since 2013, Greece has added 2,294 jobs, to 26,502 in 2023.
| Greece | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 10% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Greece beats the New York average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 15% of adults report frequent mental distress in Greece.
| Greece | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 25% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Greece | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Rochester Gtr Intl Ap weather station, 9 miles away, records that 102 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 97% of U.S. towns.
Greece has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 79° and January nights drop to 19°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Reported crimes fell from 2,409 to 1,513 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New York average. Greece has lost 2.3% of its people since 2020, down to 94,484 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 22% of Greece residents are 65 or older.
| Greece | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 42.3 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
51.0% women, 49.0% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Median age: women 43.9, men 40.6.
| Greece | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.3% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.1% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.5% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.7% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.8% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.1% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.4% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.1% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.8% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.3% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.7% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.8% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.3% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.1% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
12 within 15 miles of the center of Greece
About 5 of every 100 Greece residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
5 places in Greece on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Greece.
Town in Monroe County, New York, United States
Greece is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. A contiguous suburb of Rochester, it is the largest town by population in Monroe County and the second-largest municipality by population in the county, behind only the city of Rochester. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 96,926.
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4 towns share a border with Greece.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | #440 | C+ | C | C+ | B− | B+ |
| Rochester | #737 | D− | C+ | D | D− | C− |
| Gates | #574 | C | C | C− | C | B |
| North Gates | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Parma | #215 | B+ | C | — | B+ | A− |
Parma reports no FBI crime data of its own. North Gates isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Greece with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Greece grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #440 of 745 in New York. It grades B+ for health, C+ for safety and B− for schools.
The typical home is worth about $190,000, 64% below the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
3 notable people were born here, including Jennifer Cody and Jessie Bonstelle.
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