Best PlacesCohocton, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cohocton, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cohocton ranks 27,413th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Property taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on clean air.
The best neighborhoods in Cohocton
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.
Cohocton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cohocton ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 84% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 74% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 74% of towns
Where Cohocton 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 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cohocton
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cohocton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,572, 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 Cohocton's effective rate of 2.30%, 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 Cohocton
Cohocton 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 Cohocton.
Who works in Cohocton, and how
Work in Cohocton centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Cohocton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cohocton.
What the weather is like in Cohocton, month by month
Cohocton sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Cohocton
The nearest airport, Elmira/Corning Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 198 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cohocton
Schools across Cohocton average a B+, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Naples Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wayland-cohocton Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Wayland-cohocton High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Naples High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cohocton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cohocton 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 Cohocton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cohocton
Is Cohocton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cohocton ranks 27,413th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, good schools, and low disaster risk, 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 Cohocton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $118,335. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $67,572 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Cohocton safe?
Yes, Cohocton is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $280 per resident a year.
Compare Cohocton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cohocton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cohocton 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.
Cohocton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cohocton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cohocton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cohocton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cohocton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cohocton 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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