Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Riga gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $228K, 3 years of the Rochester metro’s $76K median household income. It grades A overall, ranked 101st of 745 in New York. On the plus side, the median household earns $101K. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. Churchville Park, at 772 acres with 4.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 85% of the country.
Where Riga beats most towns.
Where Riga’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 Riga is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,139 in 1820, a low of 1,649 in 1920, 5,586 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1994 and 4 maps from 1899 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Riga. Close and well known come first.
31 mi State parkLetchworth State Park
16 mi MuseumGeorge Eastman Museum
14 mi Stadium & arenaBlue Cross Arena
15 mi MuseumThe National Museum of Play
33 mi MountainCumorahLetchworth 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 · Cumorah: Hillcumorahpageantstage.jpg: la salebete derivative work: Eustress (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Riga, 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 Riga.
Riga has less food insecurity than most of New York and has commutes shorter than most of New York.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Riga since 1994.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Churchville-Chili Central School District. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Churchville-Chili Senior High School, with 1,145 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Churchville-Chili Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 1,172 | C |
| Churchville-Chili Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,145 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 8.9% of its 6,372 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
15% of Riga adults report frequent mental distress, below both the New York town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (17%). 18% of Riga adults binge drink. Riga beats the New York average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3.
| Riga | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Riga | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.9% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.5% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average commute for its 2,539 working residents takes 23.9 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Riga for work: only 9% work in town. 3.2% of Riga residents live below the poverty line, below both New York’s towns (9.5%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). The top destinations are Rochester (25%), Henrietta (6%) and Gates (6%).
| Riga | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
9.2 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Riga | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.4% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Churchville Park | 4.6 mi | 772 |
| 2. Black Creek Park | 1.5 mi | 121 |
| 3. Sanford Road Park | — | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Riga has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Riga’s July high is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). The median age in Riga is 48.2 years. Riga has lost 2% of its people since 2020, down to 5,471 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Riga | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.2 years | 42.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.3 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 74% are men (NY 50%).
| Riga | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.9% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.5% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.4% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.5% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.5% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.2% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.6% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 15% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.7% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.4% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
87% of households own their home in Riga.
| Riga | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $907 a month | $1,103 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
8 within 15 miles of the center of Riga
About 5 of every 100 Riga residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Town in New York, United States
Riga is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 5,586 at the 2020 census. The town is in the western part of the county. Locally, the town's name is pronounced RYE-ga, instead of REE-ga like the capital of Latvia.
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5 towns share a border with Riga.
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Riga grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #101 of 745 in New York. It grades A for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $228,000, 57% 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.
2 notable people were born here, including Mortimer Thomson and Allen Hiram Atwater.
