PavilionNY
A town of 2,254, settled in 1825.
Is Pavilion a good place to live?
Pavilion’s best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Only 58 of New York’s 1,215 towns score higher on cost of living. 91% of households own their home in Pavilion, where New York’s towns sit at 75% and U.S. towns at 73%. The biggest place to walk is Groveland Secondary Trailway, 90 acres with 6.3 miles of trail. Pavilion has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Pavilion stand out
Where Pavilion beats most towns.
93% of working residents leave Pavilion for work
Where Pavilion’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Pavilion grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Pavilion is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Pavilion: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pavilion, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Pavilion.
Homes in Pavilion are worth about $234K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Pavilion home is worth about $234,000, up 5.1% in a year, 55% below the New York typical home. Pavilion’s median rent is $827 a month, below both New York’s towns ($1,101 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Pavilion’s schools rank behind 56% of New York districts
Its public schools are run by the Pavilion Central School District. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Pavilion Junior-Senior High School, with 331 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| D B Bunce Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 295 | C+ |
| Pavilion Junior-Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 331 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Pavilion faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 83% of U.S. communities. Since 1998, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pavilion.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Pavilion’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Pavilion for work: only 7% work in town. Since 2013, Pavilion has lost 113 jobs, to 551 in 2023. The top destinations are Batavia (14%), Rochester (7%) and Batavia (7%).
| Pavilion | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.4% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pavilion is healthier than 70% of U.S. towns
Pavilion beats the New York average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 31% of Pavilion adults have obesity.
| Pavilion | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 81% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.5% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Pavilion | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.9% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pavilion has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Pavilion has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Pavilion is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Pavilion | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Groveland Secondary Trailway | 6.3 mi | 90 |
| 2. Forest Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Six Flags Darien Lake and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pavilion. Close and well known come first.
19 mi State parkLetchworth State Park
28 mi MuseumGeorge Eastman Museum
27 mi Stadium & arenaBlue Cross Arena
27 mi MuseumThe National Museum of Play
9 mi MuseumGenesee Country Village & MuseumPhoto credits
Letchworth State Park: Suandsoe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Genesee Country Village & Museum: Stilfehler 17:02, 21 August 2007 (CEST), CC BY-SA 1.0
Everything we know about Pavilion
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Pavilion
About 2 of every 100 Pavilion residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Pavilion
Town in New York, United States
Pavilion is a town in Genesee County, New York, United States. The population was 2,495 at the 2010 census. The town was named after a hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York, by an early resident. The town of Pavilion is in the southeastern corner of Genesee County and is southeast of the city of Batavia.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 994 ft
- ZIP code
- 14525
- Area code
- 585
Pavilion’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Pavilion.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavilion | — | — | A− | — | C+ | B+ |
| Covington | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | B |
| Le Roy | #115 | A | B | — | B+ | A− |
| York | #329 | B | B− | — | B | C+ |
| Stafford | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | A− |
| Caledonia | #47 | A+ | B | — | B+ | A− |
Pavilion, Covington and Stafford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Pavilion, Covington, Le Roy, York, Stafford and Caledonia report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pavilion with a neighbor →
Questions about Pavilion
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pavilion, NY expensive?
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−.
What is Pavilion, NY known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Gregory Reinhart and A. E. Sunderland.