Best PlacesCape Vincent, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cape Vincent, 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.
Cape Vincent ranks 14,530th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cape Vincent
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.
Cape Vincent's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cape Vincent ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
Where Cape Vincent ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cape Vincent
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cape Vincent home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $61,548; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Cape Vincent's effective rate of 1.04%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cape Vincent
Cape Vincent 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 Cape Vincent.
Who works in Cape Vincent, and how
Work in Cape Vincent centers on hospitality & food and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Cape Vincent
Cape Vincent has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cape Vincent and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cape Vincent, month by month
Cape Vincent sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 23° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Cape Vincent
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 237 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cape Vincent
Schools across Cape Vincent average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bashaw Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Guardino Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Thousand Islands Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Thousand Islands High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cape Vincent school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cape Vincent 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 Cape Vincent against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cape Vincent
Is Cape Vincent a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cape Vincent ranks 14,530th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, health care access, and clean air, and lowest on empty homes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cape Vincent expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $248,042. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $61,548 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Cape Vincent safe?
Yes, Cape Vincent is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare Cape Vincent with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cape Vincent. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cape Vincent 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.
Cape Vincent detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cape Vincent: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cape Vincent: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cape Vincent: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cape Vincent: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cape Vincent 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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