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SheetNY-ROCHESTER-INSTITUTE-OF-TECHNOLOGY-NY · Rochester Institute of Technology, NY 6,339 pop · income 1st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Rochester Institute of Technology
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Rochester Institute of Technology on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Slick · lowest
19,362
Slick · lowest
19,362 median HH income
10.1% of the leader · rank #1
Salinas zona… · near
19,405
Salinas zona… · near
19,405 median HH income
10.1% of the leader · rank #2
Palomas comun… · near
19,418
Palomas comun… · near
19,418 median HH income
10.1% of the leader · rank #3
Rochester Ins… · this city
19,420
Rochester Ins… · this city
19,420 median HH income
10.1% of the leader · rank #4
Olimpo comuni… · near
19,443
Olimpo comuni… · near
19,443 median HH income
10.1% of the leader · rank #5
Frontón comun… · near
19,464
Frontón comun… · near
19,464 median HH income
10.1% of the leader · rank #6
Centerport · highest
192,530
Centerport · highest
192,530 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Rochester Institute of Technology on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 6,339.
Rochester Institute of Technology ranks in the 1st percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
1st
percentile, household income
78th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 6,339 residents in Rochester Institute of Technology, a small town within New York. The typical household in Rochester Institute of Technology brings in $19,420 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 19.7 years. 86.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 34.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New York carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, New York scores 107.9 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,579 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New York run around $285, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 69.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Rochester Institute of Technology's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Rochester Institute of Technology, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Rochester Institute of Technology?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Walking is the largest reported mode at 38.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Rochester Institute of Technology?
Within New York, the closest population matches are Highland (6,321 residents, $99,010 income); Flanders (6,388 residents, $91,806 income); East Rochester (6,263 residents, $72,036 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Tea, SD (6,339 residents); Village of Oak Creek (Big Park), AZ (6,340 residents); Marion, SC (6,338 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.9 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New York average
D
City profile score · Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
47/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
86.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
107.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$19,420
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Rochester Institute of Technology profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 86.9%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $19,420
How does Rochester Institute of Technology compare to other US cities?
Here's how Rochester Institute of Technology stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income1% higher than other cities
Median rent78% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Rochester Institute of Technology against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New York only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New York-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Rochester Institute of Technology near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Rochester Institute of Technology ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Rochester Institute of Technology only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,203 of 1,205
0th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#1,032 of 1,246
0th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#13 of 1,254
99th percentile in New York
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New York only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
1st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$19,420Rochester Institute of Technology, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Rochester Institute of Technology, NY median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Rochester Institute of Technology, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)86.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)34.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
6,339
Median Income
$19,420
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
19.7
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
34.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
86.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
34.3%
Carpool
8.8%
Public Transit
5.7%
Walk
38.9%
Work from Home
11.4%
Other
0.9%
Based on 2,149 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New York statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $285
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New York at $285 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $65 ).
These are New York statewide averages, not a meter reading for Rochester Institute of Technology. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New York's BEA cost-of-living index is 107.9 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Rochester Institute of Technology is $1,579/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New York statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 69.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New York statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Rochester Institute of Technology sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Rochester Institute of Technology compares to similar-size New York cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.