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For most people who can afford it, yes. Victor grades A− overall, ranked 160th of 745 in New York. The median household earns $116K. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 96% of the country and its schools rank ahead of 77% of New York towns. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $359K for a typical one and 4.7 times the Rochester metro’s $76K median household income. 58% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Victor, above both the New York town median (32%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Victor has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Osborne House and Cobblestone Railroad Pumphouse.
Where Victor beats most towns.
Census counts: 2,084 in 1820, 15,969 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1997 and 4 maps from 1900 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Victor is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 13%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Victor. Close and well known come first.
11 mi MountainCumorah
35 mi LakeSeneca Lake
14 mi MuseumGeorge Eastman Museum
15 mi Stadium & arenaBlue Cross Arena
37 mi State parkLetchworth State Park
14 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 draws workers from Rochester and beyond and has less food insecurity than most of New York.
51 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. The trail density in Victor is 1.4 miles per square mile. Ganondagan State Historic Site, at 562 acres with 12.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Victor | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ganondagan State Historic Site | 12.1 mi | 562 |
| 2. Dryer Road Park | 11.8 mi | 113 |
| 3. Fishers Park | 4.1 mi | 95 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Victor Central School District.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Intermediate SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–6 | Grades 4–6 | 989 | C+ |
| Victor Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,319 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 7% of its 12,841 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
13% of adults report frequent mental distress in Victor. Victor beats the New York average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 8.5% of adults smoke cigarettes in Victor.
| Victor | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 25% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Victor | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.6% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
12,855 jobs are based in Victor, 1.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 22.8 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Victor for work: only 16% work in town. 24% of Victor workers work from home. Since 2013, Victor has added 713 jobs, to 12,855 in 2023.
| Victor | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 24% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $116,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities. Since 1998, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Victor.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
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
10 within 15 miles of the center of Victor
About 3 of every 100 Victor residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
14,275 counted in 2010 and 15,860 in 2020; an estimated 16,422 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
5 places in Victor on the National Register of Historic Places.
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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4 towns share a border with Victor.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | #160 | A− | D | — | A− | A+ |
| Farmington | #263 | B+ | C | — | A− | A− |
| East Bloomfield | #103 | A | B− | — | B+ | A− |
| Perinton | #124 | A | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
| Mendon | #111 | A | C− | — | A | A+ |
Victor, Farmington, East Bloomfield, Perinton and Mendon report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Victor with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Victor grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #160 of 745 in New York. It grades A+ for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $359,000, 32% 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 D.
8 notable people were born here, including J. N. Loughborough and Karl Kesel.
