Best PlacesBrewerton, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brewerton, 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.
Brewerton ranks 6,438th 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 Brewerton
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.
Brewerton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brewerton ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 91% of towns
Where Brewerton ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,313 a month, better than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brewerton
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brewerton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,096, 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 Brewerton's effective rate of 2.26%, 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 Brewerton
Brewerton runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brewerton.
Who works in Brewerton, and how
Work in Brewerton centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Brewerton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brewerton.
What the weather is like in Brewerton, month by month
Brewerton sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 27° | 18° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Brewerton
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 196 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brewerton
Schools across Brewerton average an A−, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brewerton Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Cicero Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Millard Hawk Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Soule Road Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Gillette Road Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Central Square Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Cicero-north Syracuse High SchoolA+ · 96% proficient
- Paul V Moore High SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brewerton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brewerton 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 Brewerton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brewerton
Is Brewerton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brewerton ranks 6,438th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, transit, and low disaster risk, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brewerton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $256,059. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $100,096 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Brewerton safe?
Yes, Brewerton is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $154 per resident a year.
Compare Brewerton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brewerton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brewerton 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.
Brewerton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brewerton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brewerton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brewerton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brewerton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brewerton 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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