Best Places14823, NY Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 14823, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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14823 ranks 17,552nd of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. Property taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on good schools.

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The best neighborhoods in 14823

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 14823 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.

14823's strengths and weaknesses

Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 14823 with other zip codes.

Where 14823 ranks high

  • School gradeA, better than 89% of zip codes
  • Air qualityBetter than 86% of zip codes
  • Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of zip codes
  • Tree shadeBetter than 74% of zip codes
  • TransitBetter than 72% of zip codes

Where 14823 ranks low

  • Low property taxBetter than only 4% 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 19% of zip codes
  • Local economyBetter than only 20% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 14823

A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 14823 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,663, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$38,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$894
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $126,567 home
Median rent
$908
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$645
Property tax$207
Homeowners insurance$42

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 14823's effective rate of 1.96%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. 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 14823

14823 runs older than the country.

Median age
44
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
24%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.6
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1823%
18 to 3418%
35 to 4917%
50 to 6419%
65 and older24%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 14823.


Who works in 14823, and how

Work in 14823 centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.

Work from home
5%
below the national average
Unemployment
5.1%
about the national average
Job growth
−3.1%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Retail trade20%
Education17%
Manufacturing14%
Health care & social10%
Public administration8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 86%
  • Work from home 5%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 8%

Life in 14823

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 14823.


What the weather is like in 14823, month by month

14823 sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, 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
January38°29°20°
April62°48°36°
July87°74°61°
October68°54°43°

Flying in and out of 14823

The nearest airport, Elmira/Corning Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 184 miles away.

Nearest airport
ELM
Elmira/Corning Regional, about 36 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
225th-busiest in the US, 7 nonstop destinations
Average drive
52 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 14823

Schools across 14823 average an A, better than 89% of zip codes.

Top elementary schools

Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 14823 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


14823 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 14823 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 14823

Is 14823 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 14823 ranks 17,552nd of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on good schools, clean air, and low disaster risk, and lowest on property taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 14823 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $126,567. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $64,663 median income, cost of living beats 32% of zip codes.

Is 14823 safe?

Yes, 14823 is safer than 61% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $295 per resident a year.


Compare 14823 with other zip codes


Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 14823. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 14823 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.

14823 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 14823: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 14823: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 14823: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 14823: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

14823 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.