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How Irondequoit's prices compare to the US city average across major spending categories.
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Your $100,000 in Irondequoit has the same purchasing power as $103,595 in the average US city. You'd need $3,595 less here to maintain that standard of living.
Demographics and workforce data from the US Census ACS 5-Year.
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Within 10 points of Irondequoit's cost index of 97, sorted by closest match.
Irondequoit has a handful of real selling points, and they're not the kind of thing you find in a brochure. Rent specifically is reasonable here and crime statistics come out reassuring are the headliners, plus 3 more things worth knowing. The rest is below.
Median rent is about $1,057/mo, and the housing sub-index lands at 87 (US avg = 100) in Irondequoit. That's the line item people from coastal metros usually find hardest to believe — and the one that frees up budget for everything else.
The reported crime rate in Irondequoit runs about 1,056 per 100,000 residents — meaningfully below the national norm. People who care about safety as a baseline rather than a feature tend to land in cities with numbers like these.
Average AQI in Irondequoit comes in around 33, well into the "good" band. Clean air isn't a thing you appreciate until you've lived somewhere it wasn't — and this is the side of that line you want to be on.
Average commute time in Irondequoit runs around 20 minutes one-way — short enough that it doesn't restructure your day. Compared to the 45-plus-minute commutes that are normal in major metros, the difference adds up to a real lifestyle gap.
Irondequoit has a college-educated share of about 39% among adults 25+, which is higher than the national norm. It shows up in the local job mix, in the school district's reputation, and in the kind of conversations you have at the coffee shop.
Reasons are pulled from Irondequoit's actual data — Census ACS, BLS, BEA, NOAA, EPA AQS, FBI, and Walk Score. We don't list positives that aren't supported by the numbers, which is why different cities show different sections.
Yes — and a lot of it. With winter averages near 21°F, Irondequoit sees real accumulation most years. Salt for the steps, tires that handle ice, and a sense of humor about February are the usual costs of admission.
Properly cold. Irondequoit's winter sits around 21°F on average — and that's the average, meaning plenty of nights drop well below zero. People here own gear.
Reliably warm. Irondequoit's summer averages around 80°F, the kind of heat where you remember to leave the house before noon for outdoor things and accept that the back of your shirt will be wet by lunchtime.
Irondequoit falls in roughly USDA Zone 7. The zone classification is based on average annual minimum temperatures, so it's the right lookup for whether perennials and trees will overwinter here. Note that this is approximate from our winter-temperature data — check the USDA map for the exact zone before betting an expensive plant on it.
Around 394 feet (120 m) above sea level — flat enough that nothing about Irondequoit's altitude shows up in daily life.
Hurricane season covers June through November, with peak activity in late summer and early fall. For Irondequoit, the practical advice is: have a few days of water and supplies on hand from August onward, know your evacuation route, and don't wait for the news to tell you a storm is "probably nothing" — track the cone yourself.
The headline number is reassuring. Irondequoit's reported incident rate of about 1,056 per 100,000 is comfortably below the US norm of around 3,500 per 100k. Specific neighborhoods always vary, but the broader picture is on the safer side.
It's a middle-of-the-road US city on cost. Irondequoit's index of 97 sits within a few points of the national average — your money buys roughly what it would in a typical American metro.
Irondequoit scores 29 out of 100 on Walk Score, which translates to "car-dependent but not aggressively so". Transit Score is 34 out of 100. Some neighborhoods buck the citywide average; the dense inner cores are usually noticeably more walkable than the city number suggests.
As a rule of thumb, plan on about $67,571 to live in Irondequoit the way a $70,000 earner lives in a typical US city. The math gets less forgiving the lower you go below that. Median rent in Irondequoit runs about $1,057/mo — keeping housing under 30% of gross income points to a similar floor on what you'd want to earn.