Canandaigua vs Shortsville

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

Canandaigua and Shortsville 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 1,806 in Shortsville). Shortsville has the higher median household income ($86,154 vs $63,268 in Canandaigua). Canandaigua has the higher median home value ($218,300 vs $129,500 in Shortsville).

Population, income & housing

	Canandaigua	Shortsville
Population	10,542	1,806
Median age	41.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,268	$86,154
Median home value	$218,300	$129,500
Median gross rent	$1,093	$873
Housing units	5,433	712
Homeownership rate	48.5%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canandaigua	Shortsville
Population	10,287 → 10,542 (+2.5%)	1,403 → 1,806 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$49,130 → $63,268 (+28.8%)	$68,529 → $86,154 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$164,400 → $218,300 (+32.8%)	$110,200 → $129,500 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,093 (+30.4%)	$696 → $873 (+25.4%)

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

Shortsville

Population

1,4031,806

Median household income

$68,529$86,154

Median home value

$110,200$129,500

Median gross rent

$696$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canandaigua	Shortsville
Under 5	3.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	12.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	22.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.7%
75 and over	10.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canandaigua	Shortsville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	95.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canandaigua	Shortsville
No high school diploma	8.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	27.6%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canandaigua	Shortsville
Drove alone	79.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	16.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canandaigua	Shortsville
1-unit, detached	39.6%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	2.4%
20 or more units	14.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Canandaigua	Shortsville
Poverty rate	9.4%	5.8%
Average household size	2.04	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1961	1938