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Penfield town, Monroe County, NY

38,870 Population
37.2 square miles 1,043.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$57,222 ±$3,152 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Monroe County: $43,137 ±$548
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$115,343 ±$7,529 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Monroe County: $74,409 ±$1,109
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

5.1% ±1.2% (1,947  ±464) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 13.1% 95,297 (±0.5% / ±3,815)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

20.3 minutes ±1.1 (305,660  ±24,135) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Monroe County: 19.9 6,261,445 (±0.3 / ±100,516)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

15,697 ±361 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 316,506 ±1,242
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.1 (38,170  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Monroe County: 2.3 726,538 (±0 / ±299)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

5.6% ±2% (425  ±157) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 4.7% 8,207 (±0.4% / ±732)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

16,269 ±369 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 337,688 ±310
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$266,100 ±$11,164 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Monroe County: $197,100 ±$1,647
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

7.4% ±1.6% (2,839  ±602.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 13.1% 97,645 (±0.4% / ±3,119.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

96.4% ±3.8% (26,712  ±1,176.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Monroe County: 91.8% 482,926 (±1% / ±5,135.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
57.3% ±2.9% (15,877  ±863.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Monroe County: 41.2% 216,673 (±0.6% / ±3,216.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.1% ±1.6% (3,154  ±633) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 7.9% 59,693
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.2% ±1% (1,847  ±308) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 5.1% 30,238 (±0.2% / ±1,095)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
1,847 Total veterans ±308 1,770 Male ±302 77 Female ±48

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