Best PlacesCanandaigua, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Canandaigua, 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.
Canandaigua ranks 4,586th 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 Canandaigua
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.
Canandaigua's strengths and weaknesses
Where Canandaigua ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of towns
Where Canandaigua ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Canandaigua
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Canandaigua home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,401, 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 Canandaigua's effective rate of 2.02%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Canandaigua
Canandaigua 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 Canandaigua.
Who works in Canandaigua, and how
Work in Canandaigua centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Canandaigua
Canandaigua has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns and more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Canandaigua and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Canandaigua, month by month
Canandaigua sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Canandaigua
The nearest airport, Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 220 miles away.
The best schools in and around Canandaigua
Schools across Canandaigua average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bloomfield Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Naples Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Red Jacket Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bloomfield Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Canandaigua Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Marcus Whitman Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Canandaigua AcademyA+ · 98% proficient
- Marcus Whitman High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Bloomfield High SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Canandaigua school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Canandaigua 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 Canandaigua against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Canandaigua suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 65% of towns and health care access beats 91%.
Common questions about living in Canandaigua
Is Canandaigua a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Canandaigua ranks 4,586th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and fast internet, 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 Canandaigua expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $260,598. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $84,401 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Canandaigua safe?
Yes, Canandaigua is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $162 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Canandaigua?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 19. That works out to about 96 pleasant days a year, more than 65% of towns.
Is Canandaigua good for families?
Schools beat 95% of towns, crime safety beats 96%, and childcare runs $1,317 a month.
Compare Canandaigua with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Canandaigua. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Canandaigua 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.
Canandaigua detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Canandaigua: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Canandaigua: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Canandaigua: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Canandaigua: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Canandaigua 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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