Best PlacesBovina Center, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bovina Center, 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.
Bovina Center ranks 13,570th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bovina Center
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.
Bovina Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bovina Center ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
Where Bovina Center ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter 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 Bovina Center
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bovina Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $81,907, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Bovina Center's effective rate of 1.27%, 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 Bovina Center
Bovina Center 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 Bovina Center.
Who works in Bovina Center, and how
Work in Bovina Center centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Bovina Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bovina Center.
What the weather is like in Bovina Center, month by month
Bovina Center sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Bovina Center
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 59 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bovina Center
Schools across Bovina Center average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Delaware Academy Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bovina Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bovina Center 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 Bovina Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bovina Center
Is Bovina Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bovina Center ranks 13,570th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, quiet, and an educated workforce, and lowest on cell coverage and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bovina Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $350,207. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $81,907 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Bovina Center safe?
Yes, Bovina Center is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $139 per resident a year.
Compare Bovina Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bovina Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bovina Center 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.
Bovina Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bovina Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bovina Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bovina Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bovina Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bovina Center 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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