Canandaigua vs Geneva

A side-by-side comparison of Canandaigua and Geneva: population, income, housing, and more.

Canandaigua and Geneva are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Geneva has the higher population (12,573 vs 10,542 in Canandaigua). Geneva has the higher median household income ($68,242 vs $63,268 in Canandaigua). Canandaigua has the higher median home value ($218,300 vs $140,300 in Geneva).

Population, income & housing

	Canandaigua	Geneva
Population	10,542	12,573
Median age	41.4 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,268	$68,242
Median home value	$218,300	$140,300
Median gross rent	$1,093	$959
Housing units	5,433	5,436
Homeownership rate	48.5%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canandaigua	Geneva
Population	10,287 → 10,542 (+2.5%)	12,787 → 12,573 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$49,130 → $63,268 (+28.8%)	$44,050 → $68,242 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$164,400 → $218,300 (+32.8%)	$96,200 → $140,300 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,093 (+30.4%)	$806 → $959 (+19.0%)

Canandaigua

Population

10,28710,542

Median household income

$49,130$63,268

Median home value

$164,400$218,300

Median gross rent

$838$1,093

Geneva

Population

12,78712,573

Median household income

$44,050$68,242

Median home value

$96,200$140,300

Median gross rent

$806$959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canandaigua	Geneva
Under 5	3.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.0%	10.0%
18 to 24	12.9%	23.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.6%
75 and over	10.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canandaigua	Geneva
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	67.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canandaigua	Geneva
No high school diploma	8.3%	12.6%
High school graduate	27.6%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canandaigua	Geneva
Drove alone	79.1%	65.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.3%
Walked	5.5%	14.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canandaigua	Geneva
1-unit, detached	39.6%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	12.6%
20 or more units	14.4%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Canandaigua	Geneva
Poverty rate	9.4%	18.3%
Average household size	2.04	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1961	1938