With 7,701 people, Geneseo is a city in New York. The median age is 21.2, younger than the US median of 38.9. People stay put here: 60% were in the same home a year ago. 36.6% of locals live below the federal poverty line. Owners hold 43% of the housing stock. 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, against 36% nationally.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $46,589, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 21.2
US median: 38.9
More educated
56% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Geneseo
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate30.9% → 36.6%(+5.7 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median household income (2024 dollars)$53,603 → $46,589(−13%)US over the same years: +14%
Geneseo's population equals 13% of Livingston County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 41% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 36% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18.3%(34)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)4.3%(8)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era47.8%(89)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War17.2%(32)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 186 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Geneseo, decade by decade
Geneseo population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
7,187
$53,603
$221,526
40.7%
11.8
2000
7,579
$55,448
$202,750
45.5%
20.5
2010
8,031
$49,468
$214,779
44.9%
30.3
2020
7,574
$34,613
$200,956
47.7%
40.9
2024
7,701
$46,589
$226,200
55.6%
41.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
