Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,906, settled in 1815.
Victor's standout: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 97% of the country. Overall it grades A, 86th of 745 graded towns in New York. The median household earns $90K and its schools outperform 77% of the state's. Only 85 of New York’s 1,216 towns score higher on hazard risk. Victor’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile, above both the New York town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
Where Victor beats most towns.
Where Victor’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 Victor is from typical.
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Census counts: 2,084 in 1820, 15,969 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1997 and 4 maps from 1900 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Victor. Close and well known come first.
10 mi MountainCumorah
34 mi LakeSeneca Lake
15 mi MuseumGeorge Eastman Museum
16 mi Stadium & arenaBlue Cross Arena
38 mi State parkLetchworth State Park
15 mi MuseumThe National Museum of PlayCumorah: Hillcumorahpageantstage.jpg: la salebete derivative work: Eustress (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0 · Seneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · George Eastman Museum: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blue Cross Arena: Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Letchworth State Park: Suandsoe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The National Museum of Play: Misc, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Victor, 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 Victor.
Victor has less food insecurity than most of New York and has commutes shorter than most of New York.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Harlan Fisher Park | 0.1 mi | 6 |
| 2. Victor Municipal Park | 0.2 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 6.9% of its 2,103 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
10% of adults report frequent physical distress in Victor, where New York’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 14%. 17% of Victor adults get no exercise outside work. Victor beats the New York average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Victor | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 25% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Victor | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.9% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.7% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The average commute for its 1,311 working residents takes 22.3 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Victor for work: only 4% work in town. 4.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Victor. Since 2013, Victor has lost 208 jobs, to 917 in 2023.
| Victor | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.4% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 27% of residents (18% statewide). The median age in Victor is 47.3 years. Victor has grown 6.4% since 2020, to 2,906 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Victor | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 27% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 48% | 32% | 29% |
| Median age | 47.3 years | 42.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Victor | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.1% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.7% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.4% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.9% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.4% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.9% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.6% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.7% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 24.8% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,900, single groups can be off by several points
Victor has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Victor’s July high is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
8 within 15 miles of the center of Victor
About 3 of every 100 Victor residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
8 notable people were born in Victor.
Town in New York, United States
Victor is an incorporated town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 15,969 at the time of the 2020 census. The town is named after Claudius Victor Boughton, an American hero of the War of 1812. The Town of Victor contains a village, also called Victor. The town is in the northwest corner of Ontario County and is southeast of Rochester. Victor is part of the Greater Rochester area; Victor's strategic location led to extensive suburban growth in the late 20th and early 21st century. Victor is the largest of Rochester's suburbs to be located outside of Monroe County, the home of more than two-thirds of the Greater Rochester population. The Village of Victor is 12 mile…
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Victor grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #86 of 745 in New York. It grades A+ for health and A− for schools.
The typical home is worth about $291,000, 45% 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.
8 notable people were born here, including J. N. Loughborough and Karl Kesel.
