Stanley, New York.
. Rochester, NY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Stanley, Ontario County, New York
The Census does not count Stanley on its own, so the figures here are Ontario County's. Half the county's households earn more than $82,324 a year and half less; 9% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 74% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Ontario County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Ontario County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Stanley is a town in Ontario County in western New York, part of the Finger Lakes region. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and the county's residents tend to be middle-aged. Winters are colder than in most of the country, with heavy snow, and summers are warm.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in shops, manufacturing, and professional and business services. Many adults hold a college degree, and a fair number of people work from home. Commutes are short, and unemployment in the county has edged up over the past year while the number of jobs has dipped slightly.
Things to do. Seneca Lake, one of the best-known lakes in the region, is a longer drive away, as is Canandaigua Lake. Closer by, the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station is a botanical garden a short drive away.
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- 48,311households
- 44.2median age
- 38%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What people in Ontario County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Ontario County had 53,686 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 61°. About 57 inches of snow and 35 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Geneva Rsch Farm weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Ontario County
- Fredrick Ferris Thompson HospitalGeneral hospital1,219FTE
- O'Connell Electric CompanyElectrical work1,100
- NY College & University934
- Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs744
- Victor Central School DistrictSchool district727FTE
- Canandaigua City School DistrictSchool district626FTE
- Hobart William Smith CollegesUniversity or college619
- Geneva General HospitalGeneral hospital614FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 130 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 18,646 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- DroughtRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Ontario County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Ontario County and the Rochester, NY metro.
Stanley home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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Zip codes with a Stanley address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Stanley — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.