Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Kendall gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $191K for a typical one, or 2.5 years of the Rochester metro’s $76K median household income. It grades A overall, ranked 99th of 745 in New York. On the plus side, its public schools beat 82% of New York towns on state tests and graduation. Only 4 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on the outdoors. 89% of households own their home in Kendall, where New York’s towns sit at 75% and U.S. towns at 73%.
Where Kendall beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Kendall Elementary School | PK–6 | 368 |
| Kendall Junior-Senior High School | 7–12 | 311 |
Where Kendall’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Kendall is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,692 in 1840, a low of 1,275 in 1920, 2,724 in 2010. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1875 and 4 maps from 1897 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kendall, 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 Kendall.
Kendall pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, but it has little public open land.
Its A− for schools comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $191K. Its A− is the best School Grade on its borders; Hamlin (B+) is next.
Its public schools are run by the Kendall Central School District. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Kendall Junior-Senior High School, with 311 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kendall Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 368 | B+ |
| Kendall Junior-Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 311 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Kendall for work: only 8% work in town. Since 2013, Kendall has added 237 jobs, to 395 in 2023. The average trip to work in Kendall is 28 minutes.
| Kendall | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $88,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Kendall.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Kendall beats the New York average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 21% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Kendall.
| Kendall | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Kendall | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.1% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Kendall has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Kendall’s July high is 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes are within reach (B for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 22 miles.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Just 0 of its 20,937 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Kendall itself; its outdoors grade is D−.
0.4 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lake View Park | 0.2 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Kendall
About 3 of every 100 Kendall residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
3 notable people were born in Kendall.
Town in New York, United States
Kendall is a town in Orleans County, just west of the town of Hamlin in Monroe County, in New York State, United States. The population of Kendall was 2,724 at the 2010 census. The Town of Kendall is in the northeast corner of Orleans County and is northwest of Rochester.
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3 towns share a border with Kendall.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Carlton (B) comes closest.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendall | #99 | A | B | — | A− | B+ |
| Carlton | #307 | B | A− | — | B− | B− |
| Murray | #365 | B− | B | — | B | B− |
| Hamlin | #349 | B | B− | — | B+ | B+ |
Kendall, Carlton, Murray and Hamlin report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Kendall with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Kendall grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #99 of 745 in New York. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools.
The typical home is worth about $191,000, 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 B.
3 notable people were born here, including George Cromwell Scott and Roosevelt Bouie.
