Irondequoit vs Rochester Institute of Technology

A side-by-side comparison of Irondequoit and Rochester Institute of Technology: population, income, housing, and more.

Irondequoit and Rochester Institute of Technology are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Irondequoit has the higher population (50,438 vs 6,339 in Rochester Institute of Technology). Irondequoit has the higher median household income ($76,871 vs $19,420 in Rochester Institute of Technology). Since 2019, Rochester Institute of Technology's population has grown faster (+12.8% vs +0.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Irondequoit	Rochester Institute of Technology
Population	50,438	6,339
Median age	43.6 yrs	19.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,871	$19,420
Median home value	$169,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,110	$981
Housing units	23,457	468
Homeownership rate	79.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	86.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Irondequoit	Rochester Institute of Technology
Population	50,302 → 50,438 (+0.3%)	5,622 → 6,339 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$62,225 → $76,871 (+23.5%)	$25,038 → $19,420 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$123,800 → $169,000 (+36.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$909 → $1,110 (+22.1%)	$1,135 → $981 (-13.6%)

Irondequoit

Population

50,30250,438

Median household income

$62,225$76,871

Median home value

$123,800$169,000

Median gross rent

$909$1,110

Rochester Institute of Technology

Population

5,6226,339

Median household income

$25,038$19,420

Median gross rent

$1,135$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Irondequoit	Rochester Institute of Technology
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	1.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	94.5%
25 to 34	14.4%	4.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	0.0%
75 and over	9.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Irondequoit	Rochester Institute of Technology
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	65.6%
Black or African American	7.4%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	2.8%	20.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Irondequoit	Rochester Institute of Technology
No high school diploma	6.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.4%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	4.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	71.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Irondequoit	Rochester Institute of Technology
Drove alone	76.7%	34.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.5%	5.7%
Walked	1.6%	38.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	12.7%	11.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Irondequoit	Rochester Institute of Technology
1-unit, detached	79.7%	4.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	29.3%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	45.5%
20 or more units	4.1%	16.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Irondequoit	Rochester Institute of Technology
Poverty rate	8.9%	44.2%
Average household size	2.22	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	12
Median year structure built	1955	2001