Best PlacesBemus Point, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bemus Point, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bemus Point ranks 10,254th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bemus Point
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.
Bemus Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bemus Point ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
Where Bemus Point ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bemus Point
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bemus Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,172, 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 Bemus Point's effective rate of 1.78%, 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.
Who lives in Bemus Point
Bemus Point 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 Bemus Point.
Who works in Bemus Point, and how
Work in Bemus Point centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bemus Point
Bemus Point has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Bemus Point and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bemus Point, month by month
Bemus Point sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 79° | 69° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Bemus Point
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bemus Point
Schools across Bemus Point average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bemus Point Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Sinclairville Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southwestern Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Southwestern Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Chautauqua Lake Secondary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Panama High SchoolA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bemus Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bemus Point 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 Bemus Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bemus Point
Is Bemus Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bemus Point ranks 10,254th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, good schools, and an educated workforce, and lowest on property taxes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bemus Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $267,495. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $98,172 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Bemus Point safe?
Yes, Bemus Point is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $249 per resident a year.
Compare Bemus Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bemus Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bemus Point 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.
Bemus Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bemus Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bemus Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bemus Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bemus Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bemus Point 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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