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A town of 3,275, established in 1796. 89% more library visits per person than the typical New York town.
Trash & recyclingRichmond grades C overall, 523rd among New York's 745 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Residents are healthier than 81% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and natural-hazard risk is low. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 65% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $215K, 2.8 years of the Rochester metro’s $76K median household income. 13% of the land in Richmond is conserved, above both the New York town median (5.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). On history, just 121 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse. Richmond's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Where Richmond beats most towns.
Where Richmond’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 Richmond is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,765 in 1820, a low of 883 in 1930, 3,380 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1907 and 3 maps from 1901 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Richmond, 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 Richmond.
Richmond is a second-home town and has less food insecurity than most of New York, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 9.5% of its 3,023 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
In Richmond, just over four in five adults had a checkup this year. Among adults here, 15% report frequent mental distress, where New York’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 17%. Of 32 CDC measures, Richmond beats the New York average on 12 and trails it on 3.
| Richmond | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 25% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Richmond | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.6% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Honeoye Central School District. Public school enrollment in Richmond: 546 students across 2 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honeoye Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 254 | C+ |
| Honeoye Middle/High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 292 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Honeoye Inlet Wildlife Management Area, at 894 acres with 3.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Count the trails in 7 parks and preserves and they come to 15 miles.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Honeoye Inlet Wildlife Management Area | 3.1 mi | 894 |
| 2. Sandy Bottom Park | 2.5 mi | 108 |
| 3. Wesley Hill Nature Preserve | 2.4 mi | 165 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
72 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 10 properties have flooded more than once.
Richmond’s FEMA risk score stands at 20 of 100. 72 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 1978. FEMA puts 78% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 5% to tornadoes. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Richmond after 6 declared disasters, most recently in 2014.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Richmond had 523 jobs in 2023, down 37 from 2013. Most working residents leave Richmond for work: only 9% work in town. Its average trip to work stands at 33 minutes. The top destinations are Rochester (15%), Henrietta (5%) and Canandaigua (4%).
| Richmond | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 14% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The range runs from 17° on a January night to 81° on a July afternoon, with about 55 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Richmond’s median rent comes in at $1,252 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Richmond. Close and well known come first.
33 mi LakeSeneca Lake
26 mi State parkLetchworth State Park
21 mi MountainCumorah
25 mi MuseumGeorge Eastman Museum
25 mi Stadium & arenaBlue Cross Arena
25 mi MuseumThe National Museum of PlaySeneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Letchworth State Park: Suandsoe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cumorah: Hillcumorahpageantstage.jpg: la salebete derivative work: Eustress (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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
1 within 15 miles of the center of Richmond
About 3 of every 100 Richmond residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
3 notable people were born in Richmond.
Town in New York, United States
Richmond is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 3,380 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Abigail Richmond Pitts, an early settler. The town of Richmond is on the western border of the county, south of Rochester.
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5 towns share a border with Richmond.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | #523 | C | C+ | — | C+ | A− |
| Canadice | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | B+ |
| Bristol | — | — | C | — | B | A− |
| West Bloomfield | #96 | A | B+ | — | B+ | A− |
| South Bristol | — | — | D | — | B | B |
| Livonia | #245 | B+ | B− | — | B | A− |
Canadice, Bristol and South Bristol have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Richmond, Canadice, Bristol, West Bloomfield, South Bristol and Livonia report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Richmond with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Richmond grades C overall, better than 33% of U.S. towns and #523 of 745 in New York. It grades A− for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
The typical home is worth about $215,000, 59% 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+.
Richmond was established in 1796. 3 notable people were born here, including Byron G. Stout and Al Masino.
