Best PlacesCorfu, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Corfu, 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.
Corfu ranks 13,587th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Corfu
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.
Corfu's strengths and weaknesses
Where Corfu ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 88% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Corfu ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Corfu
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Corfu home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,437, 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 Corfu's effective rate of 2.15%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Corfu
Corfu runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Corfu.
Who works in Corfu, and how
Work in Corfu centers on manufacturing 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 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Corfu
Corfu has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Corfu and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Corfu, month by month
Corfu sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 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 | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Corfu
The nearest airport, Buffalo Niagara International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 197 miles away.
The best schools in and around Corfu
Schools across Corfu average an A, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pembroke Intermediate SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Alexander Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Akron Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
Top middle schools
- Akron Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Alden Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Akron High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Alden Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Pembroke Junior-senior High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Corfu school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Corfu 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 Corfu against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Corfu
Is Corfu a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Corfu ranks 13,587th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low crime, and heat safety, 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 Corfu expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $197,053. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $90,437 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Corfu safe?
Yes, Corfu is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $190 per resident a year.
Compare Corfu with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Corfu. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Corfu 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.
Corfu detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Corfu: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Corfu: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Corfu: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Corfu: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Corfu 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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