Community Vitality Indicator

Percent Households with No Internet

The percentage of households within ACT’s 8-county region that do not have access to the internet or do not subscribe to internet services from 2020 to 2023.

  • The US Census Bureau’s website provides data on the population of counties and localities within the Rochester area, disaggregated by age and academic status lacking access to the internet. The data spans from 2020 to 2023.

98k

In 2023 over 98k people did not have access to the internet in the 8-county region. This number was closer to 100k in 2022.

Yates

Yates County has the highest percentage of population without internet access at 25% in 2023, down from 26.11% in 2022.

-6.34%

There was a 6.34% decline in the total number of people without internet access from 2022 to 2023.

Pittsford

Pittsford had only 2.01% of its population without internet access in 2022, the lowest of any municipality in the 8-county region.

The infographic for “Percent Households with No Internet” shows an icon map for localities in the region. The scale is from 8% to 28% from 2020 to 2023.

Pro Tip: Use the + or - in the upper left corner to zoom in and out to capture the full region.

Note: Counties outside of Monroe County tend to have lower numbers reflected in Census data, which increases the margin of error. In other words, be wary of dramatic changes.

This infographic shows a line graph with years as x-axis (2020-2023) and households without internet as y-axis. Each line represents a county, defined in the legend.

During a time when the internet is critical for schooling and remote work, this line graph gives insights about trends in household access at the county level.

Pro Tip: If you hover over the county in the legend, it highlights the line.