Geneva vs Shortsville

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

Geneva and Shortsville 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 1,806 in Shortsville). Shortsville has the higher median household income ($86,154 vs $68,242 in Geneva). Geneva has the higher median home value ($140,300 vs $129,500 in Shortsville).

Population, income & housing

	Geneva	Shortsville
Population	12,573	1,806
Median age	33.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,242	$86,154
Median home value	$140,300	$129,500
Median gross rent	$959	$873
Housing units	5,436	712
Homeownership rate	49.2%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geneva	Shortsville
Population	12,787 → 12,573 (-1.7%)	1,403 → 1,806 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$44,050 → $68,242 (+54.9%)	$68,529 → $86,154 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$96,200 → $140,300 (+45.8%)	$110,200 → $129,500 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $959 (+19.0%)	$696 → $873 (+25.4%)

Geneva

Population

12,78712,573

Median household income

$44,050$68,242

Median home value

$96,200$140,300

Median gross rent

$806$959

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)

	Geneva	Shortsville
Under 5	6.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	23.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	22.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.7%
75 and over	6.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geneva	Shortsville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	95.6%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geneva	Shortsville
No high school diploma	12.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	25.2%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geneva	Shortsville
Drove alone	65.2%	76.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	14.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	16.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geneva	Shortsville
1-unit, detached	55.1%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	25.2%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Geneva	Shortsville
Poverty rate	18.3%	5.8%
Average household size	2.10	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938