Best PlacesCeloron, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Celoron, 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.
Celoron ranks 28,523rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Celoron
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.
Celoron's strengths and weaknesses
Where Celoron ranks high
- Short commute13.3 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Celoron ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Household income$49,486 median, better than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Celoron
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Celoron home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,486, 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 Celoron's effective rate of 2.29%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Celoron
Celoron 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 Celoron.
Who works in Celoron, and how
Work in Celoron centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Celoron
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Celoron.
What the weather is like in Celoron, month by month
Celoron sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 79° | 69° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Celoron
The nearest airport, Bradford Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 122 miles away.
The best schools in and around Celoron
Schools across Celoron average an A−, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Southwestern Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southwestern Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Persell Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Southwestern Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Jamestown High SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Celoron school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Celoron 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 Celoron against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Celoron
Is Celoron a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Celoron ranks 28,523rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, good schools, and health care access, 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 Celoron expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $97,984. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $49,486 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Celoron safe?
Celoron is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $444 per resident a year.
Compare Celoron with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Celoron. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Celoron 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.
Celoron detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Celoron: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Celoron: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Celoron: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Celoron: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Celoron 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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