Webster, New York

Population

Growing. Up 1.7% since 2020.

5,761

people, the 151st-largest of New York's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among New York's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

96.7%

of 4,022 jobs located in Webster are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 79% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,239

a month. New York's median is $1,621.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $2,244 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Monroe County.

• $796 Tract 107
• $3,040 Tract 112.03

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$1,266–$1,899

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,239 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

73% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 376 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
• 73% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 73% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 1% to the 2,965 homes here.

15–40

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 48% less than New York's.

$218,400

median home value in Webster.

• $218,400 Webster
• $423,800 New York
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year