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Riga, NY map Population (year 2000): 5,437. Estimated population in July 2006: 5,410 (-0.5% change)
 

Males: 2,708  (49.8%)
Females: 2,729  (50.2%)

Monroe County

Median resident age:  37.5 years
New York median age:  35.9 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $60,000 (it was $58,842 in 2000)
Riga  $60,000
New York:  $49,480

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $126,000 (it was $104,100 in 2000)
Riga  $126,000
New York:  $258,900

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Races in Riga:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.6%)
  • Two or more races (1.0%)
  • Hispanic (0.9%)
  • Black (0.7%)
  • American Indian (0.6%)

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Ancestries: German (28.1%), English (22.0%), Irish (18.0%), Italian (13.9%), Polish (8.0%), United States (7.4%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 640 feet

Land area: 35.2 square miles.

Population density: 154 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Riga

  • High school or higher: 92.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 33.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 11.6%
  • Unemployed: 2.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 22.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Riga town

  • Never married: 21.2%
  • Now married: 64.1%
  • Separated: 1.6%
  • Widowed: 5.3%
  • Divorced: 7.8%

183 residents are foreign born (1.8% Europe, 0.9% Asia, 0.4% North America).

This town:  3.4%
New York:  20.4%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Riga:  2.6% ($2,723)
New York:  1.9% ($2,847)
Riga satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greece, NY (16.9 miles , pop. 94,141).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Rochester, NY (19.1 miles , pop. 219,773).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (284.8 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Churchville, NY (0.9 miles ), Bergen, NY (4.3 miles ), Wheatland, NY (7.3 miles ), Ogden, NY (7.5 miles ), Caledonia, NY (8.4 miles ), Spencerport, NY (8.5 miles ), Sweden, NY (8.5 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 20 buildings, average cost: $127,300
  • 1997: 12 buildings, average cost: $112,300
  • 1998: 11 buildings, average cost: $116,700
  • 1999: 11 buildings, average cost: $115,500
  • 2000: 12 buildings, average cost: $152,800
  • 2001: 5 buildings, average cost: $187,400
  • 2002: 15 buildings, average cost: $132,400
  • 2003: 10 buildings, average cost: $178,000
  • 2004: 8 buildings, average cost: $165,400
  • 2005: 12 buildings, average cost: $182,700
  • 2006: 7 buildings, average cost: $189,900
  • 2007: 5 buildings, average cost: $222,000

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Average cost (in 1000s)


Latitude: 43.09 N, Longitude: 77.88 W


14 people in homes for the mentally ill
10 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Area code commonly used in this area: 585

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Historical housing units



Most common industries for males:



  • Machinery (14%)
  • Construction (9%)
  • Transportation equipment (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Metal and metal products (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (19%)
  • Educational services (19%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Machinery (4%)
  • Social assistance (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Engineers (9%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Business operations specialists (4%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)


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Riga topographic map
Hospitals/medical centers near Riga:
  • LAKESIDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; BROCKPORT, NY)
  • PARK RIDGE HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; ROCHESTER, NY)
  • ST MARYS HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; ROCHESTER, NY)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Riga:
  • GREATER ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL (about 15 miles; ROCHESTER, NY; ID: ROC)
  • BUFFALO NIAGARA INTL (about 59 miles; BUFFALO, NY; ID: BUF)
  • NIAGARA FALLS INTL (about 73 miles; NIAGARA FALLS, NY; ID: IAG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Riga:
  • LEDGEDALE AIRPARK (about 6 miles; BROCKPORT, NY; ID: 7G0)
  • SPENCERPORT AIRPARK (about 7 miles; SPENCERPORT, NY; ID: D91)
  • LE ROY (about 10 miles; LE ROY, NY; ID: 5G0)

Amtrak station near Riga:
  • 20 miles: ROCHESTER (320 CENTRAL AVE.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.

Operable nuclear power plant near Riga:
  • 20 miles: R.E. Ginna in Rochester, NY.

Local government website: WWW.TOWNOFRIGA.ORG

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Riga:
  • SUNY COLLEGE AT BROCKPORT (about 10 miles; BROCKPORT, NY; Full-time enrollment: 6,973)
  • ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 17 miles; ROCHESTER, NY; FT enrollment: 11,426)
  • MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 17 miles; ROCHESTER, NY; FT enrollment: 10,019)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (about 18 miles; ROCHESTER, NY; FT enrollment: 7,207)
  • NAZARETH COLLEGE OF ROCHESTER (about 23 miles; ROCHESTER, NY; FT enrollment: 2,351)
  • SAINT JOHN FISHER COLLEGE (about 23 miles; ROCHESTER, NY; FT enrollment: 2,136)
  • SUNY COLLEGE AT GENESEO (about 23 miles; GENESEO, NY; FT enrollment: 5,246)

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Average household size:
This town:  2.8 people
New York:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  77.1%
Whole state:  65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  4.6%
Whole state:  5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  3.8%
Whole state:  14.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  1.9%
Whole state:  7.4%

Riga compared to New York state average:
  • Median household income above state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.


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3.60% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,478 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  3.60%
New York average:  5.41%

0.20% of residents moved from foreign countries ($786 average AGI)
Monroe County:  0.20%
New York average:  0.24%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Wayne County, NY  0.29% ($37,056 average AGI)
from Ontario County, NY  0.26% ($43,953)
from Livingston County, NY  0.18% ($34,082)


4.34% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($48,386 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.34%
New York average:  6.26%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($432 average AGI)
Monroe County:  0.07%
New York average:  0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Wayne County, NY  0.29% ($44,012 average AGI)
to Ontario County, NY  0.24% ($51,507)
to Erie County, NY  0.16% ($35,945)


Strongest AM radio stations in Riga:
  • WHAM (1180 AM; 50 kW; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WLGZ (990 AM; 5 kW; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
  • WHTK (1280 AM; 5 kW; ROCHESTER, NY)
  • WASB (1590 AM; 1 kW; BROCKPORT, NY; Owner: DAVID L. WOLFE)
  • WXXI (1370 AM; 5 kW; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: WXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL)
  • WHIC (1460 AM; 5 kW; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: HOLY FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WWKB (1520 AM; 50 kW; BUFFALO, NY; Owner: ENTERCOM BUFFALO LICENSE, LLC)
  • WYSL (1040 AM; 3 kW; AVON, NY; Owner: RADIO LIVINGSTON, LTD)
  • WROC (950 AM; 1 kW; ROCHESTER, NY)
  • WCJW (1140 AM; daytime; 3 kW; WARSAW, NY; Owner: LLOYD LANE, INCORPORATED)
  • WTOR (770 AM; daytime; 9 kW; YOUNGSTOWN, NY; Owner: BIRACH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WGR (550 AM; 5 kW; BUFFALO, NY; Owner: ENTERCOM BUFFALO LICENSE, LLC)
  • WABH (1380 AM; 10 kW; BATH, NY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Riga:
  • WMJQ (105.5 FM; BROCKPORT, NY; Owner: CANANDAIGUA BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WRMM-FM (101.3 FM; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WBZA (98.9 FM; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: ENTERCOM ROCHESTER LICENSE, LLC.)
  • WDCZ-FM (102.7 FM; WEBSTER, NY; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
  • WDKX (103.9 FM; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: MONROE COUNTY BROADCASTING CO., LTD.)
  • WBSU (89.1 FM; BROCKPORT, NY; Owner: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK)
  • WCMF-FM (96.5 FM; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WCIY (88.9 FM; CANANDAIGUA, NY; Owner: FAMILY LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WXXI-FM (91.5 FM; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: WXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL)
  • WFXF (107.3 FM; SOUTH BRISTOL TOWNSH, NY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WNVE (95.1 FM; HONEOYE FALLS, NY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • W238AB (95.5 FM; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WZNE (94.1 FM; BRIGHTON, NY; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WPXY-FM (97.9 FM; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WRUR-FM (88.5 FM; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER B/CAST CORP.)
  • WKGS (106.7 FM; IRONDEQUOIT, NY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WCOU (88.3 FM; WARSAW, NY; Owner: FAMILY LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WBEE-FM (92.5 FM; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: ENTERCOM ROCHESTER LICENSE, LLC.)
  • WJCA (102.1 FM; ALBION, NY; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
  • WBBF-FM (93.3 FM; FAIRPORT, NY; Owner: ENTERCOM ROCHESTER LICENSE, LLC.)

TV broadcast stations around Riga:
  • WPXJ-TV (Channel 51; BATAVIA, NY; Owner: PAXSON BUFFALO LICENSE, INC.)
  • WBXO-LP (Channel 15; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: METRO TV, INC.)
  • WUHF (Channel 31; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: WUHF LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WOKR (Channel 13; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: CENTRAL NY NEWS, INC.)
  • WBGT-LP (Channel 40; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: WBGT, LLC)
  • WHEC-TV (Channel 10; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: WHEC-TV, LLC)
  • W42CO (Channel 42; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC.)
  • WROC-TV (Channel 8; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: NEXSTAR BROADCASTING OF ROCHESTER, LLC)
  • WXXI-TV (Channel 21; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: WXXI PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL)

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