Irondequoit is home to 50,657 people in New York. 79% of homes are owner-occupied. The median age is 43.3, about 4 years above the US median. The typical home is worth $182,500, having more than doubled since 2000. Density works out to 3,374 people per square mile. The foreign-born share is 6%.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $79,162, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 43.3
US median: 38.9
More educated
40% 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 Irondequoit
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$213,606 → $182,500(−15%)US over the same years: +67%
Poverty rate3.8% → 9.2%(+5.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Black share1.1% → 7.4%(+6.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Irondequoit's population equals 6.7% of Monroe County's. Its number of households without a car equals 4.6% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 4.5% 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)17.6%(360)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)11%(225)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.9%(631)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War10.1%(206)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.6%(33)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,045 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
Irondequoit, decade by decade
Irondequoit 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
52,322
$88,817
$213,606
22.7%
7.4
2000
52,354
$82,477
$161,763
27.9%
20.3
2010
51,692
$74,350
$160,832
31.9%
36.8
2020
51,043
$77,143
$156,353
36.4%
52.4
2024
50,657
$79,162
$182,500
40.4%
53.8
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.
