Town file
Penfield, New York
Penfield, New York (Monroe County, New York) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 457, "The Kinky Killer" (11 January 2024). Penfield is a town of about 39,000 people in Monroe County, New York, fifteen minutes outside Rochester in the north-west of the state.
- Town
- Penfield
- County
- Monroe County
- State
- New York
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 457
- Approximate location
- 43.151, -77.444
Episode 457 / 11 January 2024 / 172 min / full
The Kinky Killer
"We are going all the way to Penfield, New York... It's in northwestern New York... This is in Monroe County, Area Code 585" about 0:04:35
The case: Murder of Tabitha Bryant (July 13, 2003). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 39,074
- Median age
- about 45.7
- Median household income
- $101,250 a year
- Median home value
- $317,700
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,270
- Cost of living
- 88
- Religious
- 46%
- Property crime
- ▼ about one third
- Violent crime
- ▼ only half
History, in brief
- The land was originally the hunting grounds of the Seneca nation, with no settlements. about 0:06:00
- The town includes a place still called Indian Landing, and from it trails and water routes ran through the region, including a water route with only two portages from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. about 0:06:12
- After the American Revolutionary War the land that became Penfield was included in the Phelps and Gorham purchase. about 0:06:33
- The two townships were called the Phelps town and the Gorham town, townships 13 and 14 of range four. about 0:07:17
- Daniel Penfield bought everything and the town was renamed Penfield. about 0:07:25
- Wrestler Jonie Lawrence is from Penfield. about 0:07:55
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A wonderful town with friendly, helpful people, a Mayberry in your heart, peaceful for children, where it is still okay to run in yards, fly kites and catch fireflies"about 0:08:14
3 stars
"The only crime is teenagers being teens"about 0:09:29
3 stars
"Truly a nice area, but the reviewer feels trapped, because everyone is drawn to the suburbs and always seems to come back"about 0:09:49
2 stars
"A mediocre town, nothing more than a place to live, with no great parks, no great restaurants and dead average schools"about 0:10:27
2 stars
"Houses were once inexpensive and the commute short, but the commute got busier and houses more expensive, so it is now a forgettable stopover; do not bother, you will be disappointed"about 0:11:03
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Brighton, New York7.3 miles
- Pembroke, New York49 miles
- Otisco, New York65 miles
- Oshawa, Ontario88 miles
- Chadwicks, New York110 miles
- Caledon, Ontario132 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.