Best PlacesCayutaville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cayutaville, 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.
Cayutaville ranks 16,718th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cayutaville
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.
Cayutaville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cayutaville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Cayutaville ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,167 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cayutaville
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cayutaville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,051, 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 Cayutaville's effective rate of 1.59%, 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 Cayutaville
Cayutaville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cayutaville.
Who works in Cayutaville, and how
Work in Cayutaville centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Cayutaville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cayutaville.
What the weather is like in Cayutaville, month by month
Cayutaville sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Cayutaville
The nearest airport, Ithaca Tompkins International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 176 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cayutaville
Schools across Cayutaville average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Trumansburg Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Cayuga Heights Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Howard A Hanlon Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- Russell I Doig Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Dewitt Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Newfield Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Ithaca Senior High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Newfield Senior High SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Charles O Dickerson High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cayutaville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cayutaville 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 Cayutaville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cayutaville
Is Cayutaville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cayutaville ranks 16,718th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, good schools, and heat safety, and lowest on cell coverage and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cayutaville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $179,456. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $83,051 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Cayutaville safe?
Yes, Cayutaville is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $204 per resident a year.
Compare Cayutaville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cayutaville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cayutaville 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.
Cayutaville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cayutaville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cayutaville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cayutaville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cayutaville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cayutaville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.