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Compare Rochester neighborhood markets

Choose two official City polygons and compare their small-multifamily MLS activity using identical periods, definitions, and minimum-sample rules.

Updated: September 10, 2026

Neighborhood comparison

Put two Rochester markets side by side.

Compare identical definitions and periods. A higher price, faster sale, or larger transaction count does not by itself make one neighborhood the better investment.

First area

Second area

19th WardMetricPark Central

2402021–2025 closed sales56

$139,000Five-year median sale priceMinimum n=10$410,000

10Five-year median DOMSource-defined days on market6

100.0%Five-year sale / original list101.2%

34 · 14.2%UGR five-year participationOne count per unique MLS number; minimum n=204 · 7.1%

462025 closed sales13

$168,2502025 median sale priceMinimum n=5$480,000

11.52025 median DOM6

60.2%2021–2025 median changePopulation change, not repeat-sales appreciation23.1%

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Source: licensed MLS extract retrieved September 10, 2026; Rochester closed two-to-four-unit listings from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2025; source-provided coordinates joined to official City polygons. Overlapping polygons are compared independently.

What the comparison can answer

The tool compares closed-sale counts, median sale prices, source-defined days on market, sale-to-original-list ratios, five-year median changes, and deduplicated Updegraff brokerage participation.

It cannot determine which neighborhood or property is the better investment. Rents, expenses, legal use, condition, financing, and the specific block still require separate evidence.

Geography and sample rules

Source-provided MLS coordinates are joined to official City polygons
Five-year medians require at least 10 transactions
Annual medians require at least five transactions
Brokerage shares require at least 20 five-year transactions
Overlapping polygons are compared independently
Changes in annual medians are not repeat-sales appreciation