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42.81° N · 77.70° W · GEOID 3617622

Conesus Lake

Livingston County, New York · part of the Rochester, NY metro

Limited data population under 5,000

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The short answer

Conesus Lake is home to 2,424 people. Median household income is $95,357 a year and median rent is $1,294 a month, 16.3% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $362,600, about 3.8x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,294
5% below the median place
Median household income
$95,357
19% above the median place
Median home value
$362,600
14% above the median place
Unemployment
5.2%
6% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Conesus Lake

  • 44% of homes stand vacant, more than in 97% of the 1,415 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-highest of 223 New York places.
  • The median resident is 56.3 years old, older than in 97% of places its size. It is the 3rd-highest of 338 New York places.
  • 91% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 91% of places its size.
  • Households average 2.19 people, smaller than in 80% of places its size.
01

Moving to Conesus Lake

Livingston County gains about 2.0 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in2,148
Moved out2,055
Net+93

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Wyoming County, NY111102+9
Allegany County, NY8075+5

Within New York, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within New YorkOther states

Income per tax return

Arrivals$60K
Leavers$62K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Livingston County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
8.0% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 1.4% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Livingston County report $60,500 a year in income on average; those leaving, $62,200.
Income you would need
$51,800 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,294 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,983 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $362,600.
Getting to work
28 minutes each way on average; 19.6% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Fruitland Park, FL matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
8.0%
40% above the median place
Income of households moving in7
$60,470
14% below the median place
Moved from another state1
1.4%
28% below the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureConesus LakeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure8.0%40% above
Moved from another state1County figure1.4%28% below
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure2.0above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$60,47014% below
Income of households moving out7County figure$62,24311% below
02

What it costs to live here

Vacant homes is 44.4%, above the median place (median 7.1%).

Conesus Lake16.3%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$51,760
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
16.3%
20% below the median place
Home price to income
3.8x
0% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
16%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$80,300
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Conesus Lake, $1,294 a month, and local prices for everything else (99.0 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Conesus Lake, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WA13.3% vs 16.3%$11,700Compare
Chesterland, OH9.3% vs 16.3%$20,300Compare
Economy, PA12.7% vs 16.3%$3,100Compare

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Vacant homes1
44.4%
above the median place (median 7.1%)
Homeownership1
90.9%
37% above the median place
Property tax rate1
2.2%
143% above the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureConesus LakeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,2945% below
Rent to income116.3%20% below
Property tax rate12.2%143% above
Home price to income13.8x0% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure97.04% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,41612% below
HUD area median income4County figure$107,0000% below
Property tax paid (median)1$8,008145% above
Median home value1$362,60014% above
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure10.8%237% above
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure59.6%16% above
Homeownership190.9%37% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure56.4%11% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,9836% above
Vacant homes144.4%above (median 7.1%)
Median year built119700% below
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Income per person1
$61,272
53% above the median place
Works from home1
19.6%
58% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureConesus LakeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$95,35719% above
Income per person1$61,27253% above
Unemployment1County figure5.2%6% above
Average annual pay6County figure$58,25312% below
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure2.5%32% below
Jobs6County figure19,85187% below
Poverty rate1County figure11.1%3% above
Mean commute128 min10% above
Works from home119.6%58% above
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Median age is 56.3, 44% above the median place.

Median age1
56.3
44% above the median place
Homes with broadband1
97.7%
6% above the median place
High school or higher1
97.6%
6% above the median place
All 8 people measures
MeasureConesus LakeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population12,4246646th largest
Median age156.344% above
Bachelor's or higher141.3%29% above
High school or higher197.6%6% above
Household size12.212% below
Born abroad1County figure3.1%64% below
No health insurance1County figure3.9%39% below
Homes with broadband197.7%6% above
05

Life in Conesus Lake

95 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 3 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents8.3 −19%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k12.4 +11%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails1 km −55%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars19.4 −7%
Shops32.5 +7%
Arts, recreation and fitness4.7 +15%
Doctors' offices and clinics11.1 −45%
Child care centers2.3 +0%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Students per teacher11
10.0
35% below the median place
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8
11.1
45% below the median place
Public schools11
20
122% above the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureConesus LakeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11County figure20122% above
Public school students11County figure7,21747% above
Students per teacher11County figure10.035% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure19.47% below
Shops per 10k8County figure32.57% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure4.715% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure11.145% below
Child care centers per 10k8County figure2.30% above
Parks per 10k98.319% below
Playgrounds per 10k90.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k912.411% above
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails90.955% below
Transit stops per sq mi90.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings10County figure95above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Wildfire risk is 17.6, 71% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Conesus Lake. Larger places are fetched first.

Wildfire risk13
17.6
71% below the median place
Heat wave risk13
38.1
58% below the median place
July average high12
81°F
7% below the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureConesus LakeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure81°F7% below
January average low12County figure16°F35% below
Average temperature12County figure48°F13% below
Annual precipitation12County figure35.6 in19% below
Natural hazard risk13County figure56.439% below
Hurricane risk13County figure57.319% below
Tornado risk13County figure39.851% below
Wildfire risk13County figure17.671% below
Heat wave risk13County figure38.158% below
Median air quality index14Metro figure399% below
Good air days14Metro figure74.2%8% above
08

Conesus Lake in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 17% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 16% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,294/mo (2024)$1,660/mo$1,360 to $2,030/mo+4.3%
Median household income$95,357 (2024)$120,000$101,500 to $142,000+3.9%
Median home value$362,600 (2024)$541,000$393,000 to $745,000+6.9%

The median home would be worth 4.5 years of the median income in 2030, against 3.8 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Conesus Lake

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Fruitland Park, FL$1,221$82,656Compare
Ocean City, MD$1,353$77,750Compare
Tarpon Springs, FL$1,298$79,529Compare
Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WA$1,125$101,286Compare
Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WATarpon Springs, FLOcean City, MDFruitland Park, FLConesus Lake, NYConesus LakeFruitland ParkOcean CityTarpon SpringsClarkston Heights-VinelandConesus LakeFruitland ParkOcean CityTarpon SpringsClarkston Heights-Vineland

Common questions

Is Conesus Lake a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. 44% of homes stand vacant, more than in 97% of the 1,415 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-highest of 223 New York places. The median resident is 56.3 years old, older than in 97% of places its size. It is the 3rd-highest of 338 New York places. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Conesus Lake expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 16.3% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $362,600.

What salary do you need to live in Conesus Lake?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $51,760 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Conesus Lake?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Fruitland Park, FL, Ocean City, MD, Tarpon Springs, FL and Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WA.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Conesus Lake with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Conesus Lake itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/conesus-lake-new-york

Citytistics. “Conesus Lake, New York.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/conesus-lake-new-york/

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