Best Places14475, NY Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 14475, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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14475 ranks 3,025th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 14475

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 14475 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.

14475's strengths and weaknesses

Top 1%Low crime
Top 3%Good schools
Top 3%A strong job market
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 14475 with other zip codes.

Where 14475 ranks high

  • Crime safetyBetter than 99% of zip codes
  • School gradeA+, better than 99% of zip codes
  • Local economyBetter than 97% of zip codes
  • Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of zip codes
  • Low vacancyBetter than 91% of zip codes

Where 14475 ranks low

  • Low property taxBetter than only 2% of zip codes
  • Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 14% of zip codes
  • State infrastructureBetter than only 18% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of zip codes
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 21% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 14475

A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 14475 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,222, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$81,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,898
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $263,800 home
Median rent
$840
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,345
Property tax$465
Homeowners insurance$88

Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 14475's effective rate of 2.12%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 14475

14475 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
46
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
24%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.3
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1817%
18 to 3418%
35 to 4921%
50 to 6421%
65 and older24%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 14475.


Who works in 14475, and how

Work in 14475 centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
22%
above the national average
Unemployment
2.8%
below the national average
Job growth
+15.5%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Manufacturing20%
Construction18%
Admin & support services12%
Retail trade12%
Hospitality & food10%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 74%
  • Work from home 22%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 4%

Life in 14475

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 14475.


What the weather is like in 14475, month by month

14475 sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January36°28°20°
April59°47°36°
July85°73°62°
October66°54°44°

Flying in and out of 14475

The nearest airport, Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 220 miles away.

Nearest airport
ROC
Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, about 15 miles
Airport size
Small hub
93rd-busiest in the US, 43 nonstop destinations
Average drive
22 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 14475

Schools across 14475 average an A+, better than 99% of zip codes.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 14475 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


14475 measure by measure

Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 14475 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 14475

Is 14475 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 14475 ranks 3,025th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and a strong job market, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 14475 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $263,800. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $92,222 median income, cost of living beats 69% of zip codes.

Is 14475 safe?

Yes, 14475 is safer than 99% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $129 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 14475. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 14475 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.

14475 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 14475: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 14475: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 14475: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 14475: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

14475 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.