14456Geneva, New York

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 14456.

64out of 100
Area Score
Top 36% of 5,298 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 34% of 6,210 published ZIP areas63
Schools2963rd of 4,422 published ZIP areas38
Growth4767th of 5,428 published ZIP areas26
Housing affordabilityTop 9% of 6,685 published ZIP areas100
Climate5484th of 6,789 published ZIP areas61
Physical resilienceTop 12% of 6,709 published ZIP areas88
Access5283rd of 6,791 published ZIP areas81
Economic stability4870th of 6,742 published ZIP areas46
The quick read

Unemployment is 3.5% and median household income $81,310, putting employment conditions in the middle range of published ZIP profiles.

Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles: rent takes 14% of median household income and the median home is 2.3 times it.

Natural-hazard exposure is lower than in most comparable published ZIP profiles, placing 14456 in the top 12% for physical resilience.

At a glance

Population
19,756
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$81,310
Top 36% nationally
Density
256/sq mi
77.3 sq mi of land
Median age
36.7
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Geneva
New York
Metro area
Rochester, NY
Nearest major airport
ROC
39 mi · Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester Intl
Median home value
$186,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 3.5% is lower than 86% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 1.1% over the past year, to 53,074 employed residents.

36% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 75% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$8,746$81,310Top 36%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$3,283$40,690Top 37%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate13.7%Top 36%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute20.5 minBottom 15%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher36.2%Top 25%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment53,074Top 50%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-1.4%Bottom 28%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-1.1%Bottom 43%June 2026
Labor force55,003Bottom 49%June 2026
Labor force participation60.3%Bottom 49%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$67,420Top 49%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$51,210Top 45%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.4%Top 36%June 2026
Unemployment rate3.5%Bottom 14%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202481k63k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $81,310 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Rochester, NY
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Home Health and Personal Care Aides17,070$35,600
Retail Salespersons12,440$34,650
Registered Nurses12,340$86,570
Fast Food and Counter Workers11,310$33,430
Stockers and Order Fillers9,620$37,940
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners9,520$37,160

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Geneva, NY, the city containing this ZIP code.

21% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 43% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 9.6 students for every full-time teacher, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
4
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
9.6
across all schools here
Math proficiency
20.8%
Bottom 21% in New York
Reading proficiency
43.3%
Bottom 26% in New York
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
GENEVA HIGH SCHOOLGENEVA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT60210.2
NORTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGENEVA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT49811.329%36%
GENEVA MIDDLE SCHOOLGENEVA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT4427.512%52%
WEST STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGENEVA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT42110.0

66.5% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against New York’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $982 takes 14% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 2.3 times median household income here, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
14.5%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.3×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$982
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$186,300
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income2.29Bottom 24%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate64.8%Bottom 21%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4168,891Top 19%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$24$982Bottom 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$13,404$186,300Bottom 40%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income14.5%Bottom 27%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate8.9%Bottom 41%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
26/ 100
Ranks 4767 of 5,428 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 0% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 0.2 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
2
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
0.2
Bottom 8% nationally
Year over year
+100%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Geneva, NY, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 81°F and January a low of 18°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 30.2 inches.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station PENN YAN AP, 14.5 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND3.9"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation30.2"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low18°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high81°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing46°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

88 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are drought, hail and ice storm.

Ice stormModerate
DroughtModerate
HailModerate
Heat waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: inland flooding, strong wind, hurricane, earthquake, lightning, landslide, tornado, wildfire, avalanche, winter weather, cold wave.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Ontario County records 2.2 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, lower than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 11.6 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 12.4 per 100,000 residents in Ontario County.

Homicide
2.2
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
11.6
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
12.4
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
16.9
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Ontario County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 14456 rather than 14456 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 39 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester IntlROC39 mi8,001 ft
Elmira/Corning RgnlELM48 mi8,001 ft
Syracuse Hancock IntlSYR49 mi9,013 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

14456 vs Geneva

How this ZIP area compares with Geneva as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

14456
Geneva
Median household income
$81,310
vs
$79,435
Per capita income
$40,690
vs
$35,731
Population density
256/sq mi
vs
2,969/sq mi
Median home value
$186,300
vs
$165,500
Median gross rent
$982
vs
$972
Homeownership rate
64.8%
vs
51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher
36.2%
vs
38.6%
Poverty rate
13.7%
vs
16.0%
Median age
36.7
vs
32.6

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.