Living in Bloomfield, NY
Bloomfield is a small town of 1,310 people in Ontario County, New York. It's about 21 miles from Rochester, NY. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 35°F, with about 61 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $177k and rent runs about $873 a month.
1,310people
$177kTypical home
$873/moRent
80° / 35°Summer / winter
61"Snow
182Sunny days
163Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,310
- Part of a metro area
- About 937 people per sq mi
- 21 mi to Rochester, NY
- 21 mi to Rochester, NY
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $177k (≈$1,113/mo)
- Median rent $873/mo
- Median household income $80k
- Property tax about 2.8% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 35°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 182 sunny days a year (45 totally clear)
- 183 cloudy days a year
- 64 of 90 winter days are gray
- 163 days a year with rain or snow
- 61" of snow a year
- 21 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 22 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (150 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (820 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 51
- 22% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 37% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 20 mi to ROC airport
- 20 mi to ROC (major hub)
- 21 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 73% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1964
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 909 ft
- 198 mi to the ocean
- 8 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 11 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 56 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 659 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 107 bars within 25 mi
- 186 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 4 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 40 museums within 25 mi
- 35 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 33% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 62 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 15 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Ontario County: Purple — split almost evenly
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk