Best PlacesCameron Mills, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cameron Mills, 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.
Cameron Mills ranks 32,600th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cameron Mills
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.
Cameron Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Cameron Mills ranks high
- School gradeA−, better than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Cameron Mills ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cameron Mills
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cameron Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,952, 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 Cameron Mills' effective rate of 1.54%, 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 Cameron Mills
Cameron Mills runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cameron Mills.
Who works in Cameron Mills, and how
Work in Cameron Mills centers on manufacturing 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 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cameron Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cameron Mills.
What the weather is like in Cameron Mills, month by month
Cameron Mills sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 18° |
| April | 62° | 47° | 34° |
| July | 87° | 72° | 58° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Cameron Mills
The nearest airport, Elmira/Corning Regional, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 189 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cameron Mills
Schools across Cameron Mills average an A−, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jasper-troupsburg Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Campbell-savona Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Tuscarora Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dana L Lyon Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Haverling Senior High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Jasper-troupsburg Junior-senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Campbell-savona Junior/senior High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cameron Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cameron Mills 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 Cameron Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cameron Mills
Is Cameron Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cameron Mills ranks 32,600th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low crime, and heat safety, and lowest on cell coverage and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cameron Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,975. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $61,952 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Cameron Mills safe?
Yes, Cameron Mills is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
Compare Cameron Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cameron Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cameron Mills 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.
Cameron Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cameron Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cameron Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cameron Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cameron Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cameron Mills 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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