Best PlacesCassadaga, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cassadaga, 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.
Cassadaga ranks 21,420th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Property taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on heat safety.
The best neighborhoods in Cassadaga
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.
Cassadaga's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cassadaga ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 80% of towns
Where Cassadaga ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% 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
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cassadaga
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cassadaga home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,130, 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 Cassadaga's effective rate of 1.75%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cassadaga
Cassadaga 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 Cassadaga.
Who works in Cassadaga, and how
Work in Cassadaga centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Cassadaga
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cassadaga.
What the weather is like in Cassadaga, month by month
Cassadaga sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Cassadaga
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cassadaga
Schools across Cassadaga average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sinclairville Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Fredonia Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Forestville Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fredonia Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Fredonia High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Chautauqua Lake Secondary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Forestville Central High SchoolA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cassadaga school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cassadaga 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 Cassadaga against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cassadaga
Is Cassadaga a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cassadaga ranks 21,420th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, good schools, and low disaster risk, and lowest on property taxes 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 Cassadaga expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $116,971. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $67,130 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Cassadaga safe?
Yes, Cassadaga is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
Compare Cassadaga with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cassadaga. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cassadaga 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.
Cassadaga detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cassadaga: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cassadaga: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cassadaga: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cassadaga: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cassadaga 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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