Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Stafford’s subject grades are an A− for health and an A for history; the weakest is a C− for walkability. 27% of residents are under 18 in Stafford, where New York’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 22%. Stafford's schools outperform 70% of the state's. Stafford Village Four Corners Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Stafford has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Stafford beats most towns.
Where Stafford’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 Stafford is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,069 in 1820, a low of 1,057 in 1920, 2,424 in 2020. The archive holds 4 maps from 1904 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stafford, 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 Stafford.
The typical Stafford home is worth about $246,000, up 6.6% in a year, 53% below the New York typical home. 88% of Stafford households own their home, above both the New York town median (75%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). Stafford’s median rent is $848 a month.
| Stafford | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 88% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $848 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Stafford beats the New York average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 29% of Stafford adults have obesity.
| Stafford | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Stafford | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.7% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.8% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Stafford for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Stafford has added 76 jobs, to 395 in 2023. The average trip to work in Stafford is 21 minutes.
| Stafford | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 9.8% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Stafford has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 80°, January nights drop to 16° and about 74 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Stafford | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stafford. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaHighmark Stadium
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaRalph Wilson Stadium16 mi Theme parkSix Flags Darien Lake1.5M visitors a year
25 mi State parkLetchworth State Park
39 mi WaterfallEternal Flame Falls
28 mi MuseumGeorge Eastman MuseumHighmark Stadium: James161723, CC0 · Ralph Wilson Stadium: User Evilarry on en.wikipedia, Public domain · Letchworth State Park: Suandsoe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eternal Flame Falls: Mpmajewski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · George Eastman Museum: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Stafford
About 1 of every 100 Stafford residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
4 notable people were born in Stafford.
Town in New York, United States
Stafford is a town in Genesee County, New York, United States. The population was 2,424 at the 2020 census. The town was named after a town of the same name in England. Stafford is one of only two interior towns in Genesee County, lying in the east central part of the county, east of Batavia.
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6 towns share a border with Stafford.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | A− |
| Batavia | #471 | C+ | C | — | B+ | B |
| Le Roy | #115 | A | B | — | B+ | A− |
| Bethany | — | — | B | — | B | B |
| Byron | — | — | A− | — | B+ | A− |
| Pavilion | — | — | A− | — | C+ | B+ |
| Elba | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | B− |
Stafford, Bethany, Byron, Pavilion and Elba have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Stafford, Batavia, Le Roy, Bethany, Byron, Pavilion and Elba report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Stafford with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. That is 3.4 years of the area's median household income ($73,314 across the Batavia, NY 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+.
4 notable people were born here, including Archie D. Sanders and Lafayette C. Baker.
