Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Few places in the country grade higher. Spencerport earns an A, 74th among New York's 745 graded towns. It is healthier than 82% of U.S. towns, the median household earns $81K, and natural-hazard risk is low. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in cost of living. Only 84 of New York’s 1,187 towns score lower on civic life. 42% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Spencerport, above both New York’s towns (32%) and U.S. towns (29%).
Where Spencerport beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Spencerport is from typical.
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Census counts: 591 in 1870, 3,685 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1917 and 5 maps from 1899 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Spencerport. Close and well known come first.
12 mi MuseumGeorge Eastman Museum
10 mi Stadium & arenaBlue Cross Arena
11 mi MuseumThe National Museum of Play
39 mi State parkLetchworth State Park
33 mi MountainCumorahGeorge 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 · Letchworth State Park: Suandsoe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cumorah: Hillcumorahpageantstage.jpg: la salebete derivative work: Eustress (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Spencerport, 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 Spencerport.
Spencerport pairs an A overall with homes cheaper than the New York norm, carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of New York (mostly inland flooding) and gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 99% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $182 per resident a year; that rating is what its A+ for hazard risk is built on.
Spencerport’s FEMA risk score is 1 of 100. Since 1998, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Spencerport.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Spencerport is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Spencerport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.4% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Memorial Park | 0.1 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 10.2% of its 2,933 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
18% of adults binge drink in Spencerport. Spencerport beats the New York average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 30% of adults have obesity in Spencerport.
| Spencerport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Spencerport | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.2% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.9% | 7.9% |
| More adults with depression | 23.2% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Spencerport grades A overall with a typical home of about $326K, below the New York typical value; only 33 of the 89 New York towns graded A− or better can say that. Home values rose 45% in five years, to about $326K, against 30% across New York.
The typical Spencerport home is worth about $326,000, up 6% in a year, 38% below the New York typical home. 60% of Spencerport households own their home.
| Spencerport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,047 a month | $1,103 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The Rochester Gtr Intl Ap weather station, 8 miles away, records that 102 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 97% of U.S. towns.
Spencerport has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 81° and January nights drop to 17°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Spencerport has about as many jobs (1,914) as working residents, but only 93 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 20.6 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Spencerport for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Spencerport grew to 1,914 in 2023, 269 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Rochester (25%), Ogden (12%) and Greece (9%).
| Spencerport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.4% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New York average. Spencerport has lost 2.7% of its people since 2020, down to 3,592 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 42% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across New York.
| Spencerport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 38.9 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.8 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Spencerport | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.1% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.3% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.5% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.5% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.1% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.4% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.4% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.3% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.5% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.2% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.8% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.3% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,600, single groups can be off by several points
9 within 15 miles of the center of Spencerport
About 5 of every 100 Spencerport residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Village in New York, United States
Spencerport is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States, and a suburb of Rochester. The population was 3,685 at the 2020 census. The village is within the town of Ogden, along the Erie Canal.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Spencerport grades A overall, better than 92% of U.S. towns and #74 of 745 in New York. It grades A− for health and B for schools.
That is 4.3 years of the area's median household income ($76,284 across the Rochester, NY metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
