Best PlacesCenterfield, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Centerfield, 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.
Centerfield ranks 2,799th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Centerfield
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.
Centerfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Centerfield ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
Where Centerfield ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Centerfield
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Centerfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $97,531; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Centerfield's effective rate of 1.95%, 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 Centerfield
Centerfield runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Centerfield.
Who works in Centerfield, and how
Work in Centerfield centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Centerfield
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Centerfield.
What the weather is like in Centerfield, month by month
Centerfield sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Centerfield
The nearest airport, Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 222 miles away.
The best schools in and around Centerfield
Schools across Centerfield average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bloomfield Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Canandaigua Primary-elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bloomfield Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Canandaigua Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Canandaigua AcademyA+ · 98% proficient
- Bloomfield High SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Centerfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Centerfield 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 Centerfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Centerfield
Is Centerfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Centerfield ranks 2,799th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, low crime, and an educated workforce, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Centerfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $330,525. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $97,531 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Centerfield safe?
Yes, Centerfield is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $152 per resident a year.
Compare Centerfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Centerfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Centerfield 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.
Centerfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Centerfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Centerfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Centerfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Centerfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Centerfield 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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