Best PlacesCazenovia, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cazenovia, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cazenovia ranks 3,099th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cazenovia
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.
Cazenovia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cazenovia ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
Where Cazenovia ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,096 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cazenovia
A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cazenovia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $107,046, 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 Cazenovia's effective rate of 1.89%, 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 Cazenovia
Cazenovia 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 Cazenovia.
Who works in Cazenovia, and how
Work in Cazenovia centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Cazenovia
Cazenovia has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cazenovia and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cazenovia, month by month
Cazenovia sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 27° | 18° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Cazenovia
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 175 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cazenovia
Schools across Cazenovia average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bolivar Road Elementary SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Burton Street Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Fabius-pompey Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chittenango Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Cazenovia Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Otto L Shortell Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Chittenango High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Cazenovia High SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Canastota High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cazenovia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cazenovia 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 Cazenovia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cazenovia
Is Cazenovia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cazenovia ranks 3,099th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, health care access, and good schools, 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 Cazenovia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $307,279. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $107,046 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Cazenovia safe?
Yes, Cazenovia is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $240 per resident a year.
Compare Cazenovia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cazenovia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cazenovia 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.
Cazenovia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cazenovia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cazenovia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cazenovia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cazenovia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cazenovia 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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