Best PlacesCamillus, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Camillus, 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.
Camillus ranks 2,484th 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 Camillus
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.
Camillus' strengths and weaknesses
Where Camillus ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
Where Camillus ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,316 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Camillus
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Camillus home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,445, 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 Camillus' effective rate of 2.44%, 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 Camillus
Camillus 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 Camillus.
Who works in Camillus, and how
Work in Camillus centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Camillus
Camillus has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of towns and more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Camillus and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Camillus, month by month
Camillus 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 Camillus
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 196 miles away.
The best schools in and around Camillus
Schools across Camillus average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Split Rock Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Stonehedge Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Onondaga Road Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jordan-elbridge Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- C S Driver Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Camillus Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- West Genesee Senior High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Jordan-elbridge High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Marcellus High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Camillus school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Camillus 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 Camillus against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Camillus
Is Camillus a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Camillus ranks 2,484th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, transit, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Camillus expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,827. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $96,445 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Camillus safe?
Yes, Camillus is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $129 per resident a year.
Compare Camillus with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Camillus. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Camillus 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.
Camillus detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Camillus: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Camillus: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Camillus: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Camillus: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Camillus 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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