Best PlacesBloomfield, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bloomfield, 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.
Bloomfield ranks 6,232nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bloomfield
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.
Bloomfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bloomfield ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 86% of towns
Where Bloomfield ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bloomfield
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bloomfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,192, 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 Bloomfield's effective rate of 1.91%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bloomfield
Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield.
Who works in Bloomfield, and how
Work in Bloomfield centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bloomfield
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bloomfield.
What the weather is like in Bloomfield, month by month
Bloomfield sees roughly 73 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.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Bloomfield
The nearest airport, Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 218 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bloomfield
Schools across Bloomfield average an A, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Manor Intermediate SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Bloomfield Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Honeoye Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Honeoye Falls-lima Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Bloomfield Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Canandaigua AcademyA+ · 98% proficient
- Honeoye Falls-lima Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Bloomfield High SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bloomfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bloomfield
Is Bloomfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bloomfield ranks 6,232nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low disaster risk, and health care access, 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 Bloomfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $208,667. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $80,192 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Bloomfield safe?
Yes, Bloomfield is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $213 per resident a year.
Compare Bloomfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bloomfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bloomfield 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.
Bloomfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bloomfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bloomfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bloomfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bloomfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bloomfield 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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