Where to live for the commute
RIT
The Rochester Institute of Technology campus is in Henrietta, south of the city, beside I-390 and the Route 15 corridor.
- A moderate drive
- Across the region, usually on an expressway for most of the way.
- A longer drive
- The far side of the region or outside Monroe County.
The University of Rochester and Strong
The River Campus and Strong Memorial Hospital sit on the city’s south side along the Genesee, bordering Brighton.
- A moderate drive
- Across the region, usually on an expressway for most of the way.
- A longer drive
- The far side of the region or outside Monroe County.
Downtown Rochester
The city center, where I-490 and I-590 meet the Inner Loop.
- Generally close
- A neighboring town or one expressway away.
- A moderate drive
- Across the region, usually on an expressway for most of the way.
- A longer drive
- The far side of the region or outside Monroe County.
The airport
Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport is on the city’s southwest edge, between Gates and Chili.
- Generally close
- A neighboring town or one expressway away.
- A moderate drive
- Across the region, usually on an expressway for most of the way.
- A longer drive
- The far side of the region or outside Monroe County.
How to use this
Pick the employer, read the first two tiers, then open each community’s page for the center, the water, the housing character and the highways. Time the drive at your hour before you decide between two: the difference between a close town and a moderate one is often the expressway on-ramp, not the miles. Every community’s page is on the areas map; the move itself starts at Moving to Rochester. Ask Living Rochester, at the corner of every page, weighs the same tiers against whatever else matters to you.