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Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Incomes are its weak spot: the median household income is $65K, and 17% of residents live below the poverty line. It also trails on schools (C): its schools rank behind 69% of the state's. Its strongest is walkability: it is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. Cost of living is a strength too: a typical home costs about $124K, 1.6 years of the Rochester metro’s $76K median household income. The overall grade lands at C+, 473rd of 745 in New York. On that grade it does better than 40% of U.S. towns. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 98% of U.S. towns, with 3 places on the National Register.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results.
Where Nunda beats most towns.
3,064 counted in 2010 and 2,688 in 2020; an estimated 2,673 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Nunda is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,188 in 1820, 3,064 in 2010. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1855 and 3 maps from 1905 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Nunda, 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 Nunda.
Nunda is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
Nunda’s mean commuting time is 32 minutes, where New York’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. For working residents in the town, the share who work locally is 18%. Since 2013, Nunda has lost 35 jobs, to 592 in 2023. The top destinations are Rochester (8%), Geneseo (6%) and North Dansville (5%).
| Nunda | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 18% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Two of its 3 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The public schools here belong to the Dalton-Nunda Central School District.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton-Nunda Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 190 | D− |
| Dalton-Nunda Secondary SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 190 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Trails total 9.4 miles in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Rattlesnake Hill Wildlife Management Area, 2,111 acres with 2.1 miles of trail. Nunda’s concentration of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile, against 0.4 in New York’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Nunda | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9.9% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Genesee Valley Greenway State Park | 3.3 mi | 72 |
| 2. Rattlesnake Hill Wildlife Management Area | 2.1 mi | 2,111 |
| 3. Nunda Kiwanis Park | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 91% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $610 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
For Nunda, the risk rating from FEMA is 72 of 100. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 6 declared disasters, most recently in 2014. FEMA puts 87% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. Since 2003, Nunda has seen 2 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The peak summer temperature for Nunda comes to 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 9,878 U.S. towns with household incomes like Nunda’s, it is healthier than 66%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults in Nunda, 27% get no exercise outside work. Against the New York average, Nunda comes out ahead on 3 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 10. Two figures for adults in the town: 15% report frequent physical distress, 16% smoke cigarettes.
| Nunda | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Nunda | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.6% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
None within 15 miles of Nunda; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Nunda residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
3 places in Nunda on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Nunda (pronounced "none-day") is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 3,064 at the 2010 census. Nunda welcomes visitors with signs stating "Welcome to Nunda, a Nice Place to Live." The name is derived from Nunda-wa-ono, the name given to it by a group of the Seneca people who once lived in the hills and valleys along the Genesee River and Keshequa Creek within the present-day town. In the Seneca language, "Nunda" relates to hills, and a popular translation is "Where the valley meets the hills". Nunda is at the southwest border of the county and contains a village also called Nunda.
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4 towns share a border with Nunda.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nunda | #473 | C+ | A− | — | C | B− |
| Portage | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grove | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ossian | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mount Morris | #469 | C+ | A− | — | C− | B− |
Nunda and Mount Morris report no FBI crime data of their own. Portage, Grove and Ossian aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Nunda with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Nunda grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #473 of 745 in New York. It grades B− for health and C for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
2 notable people were born here, including John Bradley Winslow and Chester Bennett Bowen.
