Best PlacesByron, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Byron, 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.
Byron ranks 6,308th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Byron
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.
Byron's strengths and weaknesses
Where Byron ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
Where Byron ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Byron
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Byron home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,741, 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 Byron's effective rate of 1.75%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Byron
Byron'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 Byron.
Who works in Byron, and how
Work in Byron centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Byron
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Byron.
What the weather is like in Byron, month by month
Byron sees roughly 70 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 Byron
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 210 miles away.
The best schools in and around Byron
Schools across Byron average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Holley Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Byron-bergen Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Elba Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Elba Junior-senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Byron-bergen Junior/senior High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Holley Junior Senior High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Byron school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Byron 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 Byron against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Byron
Is Byron a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Byron ranks 6,308th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low crime, and heat safety, and lowest on property taxes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Byron expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,830. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $95,741 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Byron safe?
Yes, Byron is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $215 per resident a year.
Compare Byron with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Byron. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Byron 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.
Byron detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Byron: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Byron: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Byron: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Byron: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Byron 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.