Best PlacesCanaseraga, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Canaseraga, 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.
Canaseraga ranks 28,190th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Canaseraga
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.
Canaseraga's strengths and weaknesses
Where Canaseraga ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Canaseraga ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% 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 Canaseraga
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Canaseraga home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,303, 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 Canaseraga's effective rate of 2.50%, 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 Canaseraga
Canaseraga 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 Canaseraga.
Who works in Canaseraga, and how
Work in Canaseraga centers on retail trade 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 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Canaseraga
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Canaseraga.
What the weather is like in Canaseraga, month by month
Canaseraga sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Canaseraga
The nearest airport, Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 185 miles away.
The best schools in and around Canaseraga
Schools across Canaseraga average an A+, better than 97% of towns.
Top high schools
- Canaseraga SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Arkport Central SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Fillmore Central SchoolA · 66% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Canaseraga school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Canaseraga 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 Canaseraga against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Canaseraga
Is Canaseraga a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Canaseraga ranks 28,190th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, walkability, and clean air, 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 Canaseraga expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $102,116. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $63,303 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Canaseraga safe?
Canaseraga is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $408 per resident a year.
Compare Canaseraga with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Canaseraga. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Canaseraga 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.
Canaseraga detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Canaseraga: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Canaseraga: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Canaseraga: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Canaseraga: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Canaseraga 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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