Best PlacesCassville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cassville, 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.
Cassville ranks 15,801st 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 Cassville
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.
Cassville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cassville ranks high
- School gradeA−, better than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Cassville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% 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
What it costs to buy a home in Cassville
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cassville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,494, 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 Cassville's effective rate of 1.78%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cassville
Cassville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cassville.
Who works in Cassville, and how
Work in Cassville 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 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cassville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cassville.
What the weather is like in Cassville, month by month
Cassville sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 59° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Cassville
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 148 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cassville
Schools across Cassville average an A−, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sauquoit Valley Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Mount Markham Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sauquoit Valley Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Mount Markham Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Mount Markham Senior High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Sauquoit Valley High SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cassville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cassville 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 Cassville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cassville
Is Cassville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cassville ranks 15,801st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, clean air, and low disaster risk, and lowest on property taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cassville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $131,101. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $67,494 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Cassville safe?
Yes, Cassville is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $195 per resident a year.
Compare Cassville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cassville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cassville 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.
Cassville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cassville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cassville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cassville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cassville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cassville 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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