Canandaigua vs Phelps

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

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

Canandaigua has the higher population (10,542 vs 2,164 in Phelps). Phelps has the higher median household income ($65,272 vs $63,268 in Canandaigua). Canandaigua has the higher median home value ($218,300 vs $162,700 in Phelps).

Population, income & housing

	Canandaigua	Phelps
Population	10,542	2,164
Median age	41.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,268	$65,272
Median home value	$218,300	$162,700
Median gross rent	$1,093	$1,094
Housing units	5,433	957
Homeownership rate	48.5%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canandaigua	Phelps
Population	10,287 → 10,542 (+2.5%)	1,886 → 2,164 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$49,130 → $63,268 (+28.8%)	$51,583 → $65,272 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$164,400 → $218,300 (+32.8%)	$108,800 → $162,700 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,093 (+30.4%)	$779 → $1,094 (+40.4%)

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

Phelps

Population

1,8862,164

Median household income

$51,583$65,272

Median home value

$108,800$162,700

Median gross rent

$779$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canandaigua	Phelps
Under 5	3.9%	9.2%
5 to 17	12.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	12.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.6%
75 and over	10.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canandaigua	Phelps
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	87.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canandaigua	Phelps
No high school diploma	8.3%	10.8%
High school graduate	27.6%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canandaigua	Phelps
Drove alone	79.1%	74.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.9%	2.3%
Walked	5.5%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	12.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canandaigua	Phelps
1-unit, detached	39.6%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	1.1%
20 or more units	14.4%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canandaigua	Phelps
Poverty rate	9.4%	14.8%
Average household size	2.04	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1961	1938