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West Bloomfield gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $170K for a typical one, or 2.2 years of the Rochester metro’s $76K median household income. It grades A overall, 96th of 745 graded towns in New York. On the plus side, residents are healthier than 81% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the outdoors, just 43 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse. West Bloomfield has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them John and Mary Dickson House and Ontario and Livingston Mutual Insurance Office. West Bloomfield's public schools beat 72% of New York towns on state tests and graduation.
Where West Bloomfield beats most towns.
2,466 counted in 2010 and 2,740 in 2020; an estimated 2,723 in 2025.
Growth has leveled off: within 1% of 2020, after 11.1% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far West Bloomfield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,094 in 1840, a low of 1,040 in 1930, 2,760 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2018 and 5 maps from 1901 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around West Bloomfield. Close and well known come first.
35 mi LakeSeneca Lake
16 mi MountainCumorah
30 mi State parkLetchworth State Park
19 mi MuseumGeorge Eastman Museum
19 mi Stadium & arenaBlue Cross Arena
19 mi MuseumThe National Museum of PlaySeneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Cumorah: Hillcumorahpageantstage.jpg: la salebete derivative work: Eustress (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0 · Letchworth 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in West Bloomfield, 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 West Bloomfield.
West Bloomfield is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sends most of its workers to Rochester and beyond.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 9,278 U.S. towns with household incomes like West Bloomfield’s, it is healthier than 97%, so its A− isn’t only a matter of income. Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 9.7% of its 4,853 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
15% of West Bloomfield adults report frequent mental distress, below both the New York town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (17%). 82% of West Bloomfield adults had a checkup this year. West Bloomfield beats the New York average on 12 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| West Bloomfield | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 25% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | West Bloomfield | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.6% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
West Bloomfield has 148 jobs for its 1,091 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 478 in 2013 to 148.
Most working residents leave West Bloomfield for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in West Bloomfield fell to 148 in 2023, 330 fewer than in 2013. 18% of West Bloomfield workers work from home, above both New York’s towns (12%) and U.S. towns (11%).
| West Bloomfield | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 18% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
West Bloomfield has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in West Bloomfield is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
4 within 15 miles of the center of West Bloomfield
About 2 of every 100 West Bloomfield residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where West Bloomfield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in West Bloomfield on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
West Bloomfield is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 2,760 at the 2020 census. The Town of West Bloomfield is on the county's western border and sits parallel to the Town of East Bloomfield, both of which lie south of the City of Rochester.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
5 towns share a border with West Bloomfield.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Bloomfield | #96 | A | B+ | — | B+ | A− |
| Lima | #4 | A+ | B− | — | A | A |
| East Bloomfield | #103 | A | B− | — | B+ | A− |
| Richmond | #523 | C | C+ | — | C+ | A− |
| Mendon | #111 | A | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Bristol | — | — | C | — | B | A− |
Bristol has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. West Bloomfield, Lima, East Bloomfield, Richmond, Mendon and Bristol report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare West Bloomfield with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. West Bloomfield grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #96 of 745 in New York. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools.
Not for the 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+.
