Best PlacesButler Center, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Butler 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.
Butler Center ranks 23,408th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Butler 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.
Butler Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Butler Center ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- QuietBetter than 74% of towns
Where Butler Center ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% 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 Butler Center
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Butler Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,281, 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 Butler Center's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Butler Center
Butler Center's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Butler Center.
Who works in Butler Center, and how
Work in Butler Center centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Butler Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Butler Center.
What the weather is like in Butler Center, month by month
Butler Center sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 58° | 46° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Butler Center
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 218 miles away.
The best schools in and around Butler Center
Schools across Butler Center average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Rose-wolcott Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Margaret W Cuyler Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Red Creek Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- North Rose-wolcott Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- North Rose-wolcott High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Red Creek High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Butler Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Butler 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 Butler Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Butler Center
Is Butler Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Butler Center ranks 23,408th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, clean air, and good schools, and lowest on a weak job market and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Butler Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $100,472. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $65,281 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Butler Center safe?
Yes, Butler Center is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $250 per resident a year.
Compare Butler Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Butler Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Butler 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.
Butler Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Butler Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Butler Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Butler Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Butler Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Butler 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.