Best PlacesBrasher Falls, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brasher Falls, 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.
Brasher Falls ranks 24,129th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Brasher Falls
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.
Brasher Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Brasher Falls ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 90% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Short commute21.2 minutes each way, better than 83% of towns
Where Brasher Falls ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brasher Falls
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brasher Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,414, 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 Brasher Falls' effective rate of 1.89%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Brasher Falls
Brasher Falls 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 Brasher Falls.
Who works in Brasher Falls, and how
Work in Brasher Falls centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Brasher Falls
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brasher Falls.
What the weather is like in Brasher Falls, month by month
Brasher Falls sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 20° | 10° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 32° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 58° |
| October | 63° | 50° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Brasher Falls
The nearest airport, Massena International-Richards Field, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 226 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brasher Falls
Schools across Brasher Falls average a B+, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Saint Lawrence Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Salmon River Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- J William Leary Junior High SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- St Lawrence Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Salmon River Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Saint Lawrence High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Salmon River High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Massena Senior High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brasher Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brasher Falls 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 Brasher Falls against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brasher Falls
Is Brasher Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brasher Falls ranks 24,129th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, transit, and good schools, and lowest on property taxes and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brasher Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $121,519. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $58,414 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Brasher Falls safe?
Yes, Brasher Falls is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $133 per resident a year.
Compare Brasher Falls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brasher Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brasher Falls 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.
Brasher Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brasher Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brasher Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brasher Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brasher Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brasher Falls 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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