Best PlacesAcra, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Acra, 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.
Acra ranks 25,536th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Acra
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.
Acra's strengths and weaknesses
Where Acra ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 76% of towns
Where Acra ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Acra
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Acra home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,903, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
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 Acra's effective rate of 1.68%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Acra
Acra runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Acra.
Who works in Acra, and how
Work in Acra centers on transportation & warehousing and other services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Acra
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Acra.
What the weather is like in Acra, month by month
Acra sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 18° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Acra
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Acra
Schools across Acra average a B, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cairo-durham Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cairo-durham Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Cairo-durham High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Acra school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Acra 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 Acra against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Acra
Is Acra a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Acra ranks 25,536th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, big-city access, and clean air, and lowest on an overheated housing market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Acra expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,032. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $69,903 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Acra safe?
Yes, Acra is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
Compare Acra with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Acra. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Acra 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.
Acra detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Acra: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Acra: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Acra: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Acra: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Acra detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- 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.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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