Best PlacesChittenango, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chittenango, 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.
Chittenango ranks 7,167th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Chittenango
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.
Chittenango's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chittenango ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
Where Chittenango ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,097 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chittenango
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chittenango home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,853, 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 Chittenango's effective rate of 2.23%, 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 Chittenango
Chittenango's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Chittenango.
Who works in Chittenango, and how
Work in Chittenango 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 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Chittenango
Chittenango has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Chittenango and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Chittenango, month by month
Chittenango sees roughly 70 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 Chittenango
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 180 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chittenango
Schools across Chittenango average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Enders Road Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Fayetteville Elementary SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Bolivar Road Elementary SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eagle Hill Middle SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Wellwood Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Chittenango Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Fayetteville-manlius Senior High SchoolA+ · 99% proficient
- Chittenango High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Cazenovia High SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chittenango school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chittenango 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 Chittenango against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chittenango
Is Chittenango a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chittenango ranks 7,167th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and transit, and lowest on property taxes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chittenango expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $214,867. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $84,853 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Chittenango safe?
Yes, Chittenango is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $150 per resident a year.
Compare Chittenango with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chittenango. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chittenango 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.
Chittenango detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chittenango: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chittenango: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chittenango: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chittenango: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chittenango 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.