Best PlacesEast Rochester, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Rochester, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
East Rochester ranks 5,000th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Rochester
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
East Rochester's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Rochester ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
Where East Rochester ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Rochester
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Rochester home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,228, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses East Rochester's effective rate of 2.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East Rochester
East Rochester runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Rochester.
Who works in East Rochester, and how
Work in East Rochester centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in East Rochester
East Rochester has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns and more parkland per resident than 87% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of East Rochester and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Rochester, month by month
East Rochester sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of East Rochester
The nearest airport, Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 230 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Rochester
Schools across East Rochester average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Allen Creek SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Indian Landing Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- East Rochester Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Calkins Road Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Bay Trail Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Johanna Perrin Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Pittsford Sutherland High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Penfield Senior High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- East Rochester Junior-senior High SchoolA · 71% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Rochester school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Rochester measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare East Rochester against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Rochester
Is East Rochester a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Rochester ranks 5,000th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, walkability, and biking, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Rochester expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $178,606. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $85,228 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is East Rochester safe?
Yes, East Rochester is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $225 per resident a year.
Compare East Rochester with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Rochester. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Rochester represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
East Rochester detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Rochester: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Rochester: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Rochester: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Rochester: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Rochester detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.