Best PlacesCoss Corners, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coss Corners, 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.
Coss Corners ranks 38,076th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Property taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on good schools.
The best neighborhoods in Coss Corners
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.
Coss Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Coss Corners ranks high
- School gradeB+, better than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 74% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Coss Corners ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$48,823 median, better than only 11% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coss Corners
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coss Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,823, 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 Coss Corners' effective rate of 2.07%, 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 Coss Corners
Coss Corners 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 Coss Corners.
Who works in Coss Corners, and how
Work in Coss Corners centers on transportation & warehousing and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Coss Corners
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Coss Corners.
What the weather is like in Coss Corners, month by month
Coss Corners sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 18° |
| April | 62° | 47° | 34° |
| July | 87° | 72° | 58° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Coss Corners
The nearest airport, Elmira/Corning Regional, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 194 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coss Corners
Schools across Coss Corners average a B+, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Campbell-savona Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Vernon E Wightman Primary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dana L Lyon Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Haverling Senior High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Campbell-savona Junior/senior High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coss Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coss Corners 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 Coss Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coss Corners
Is Coss Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coss Corners ranks 38,076th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, clean air, and low crime, and lowest on property taxes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coss Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $88,451. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $48,823 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Coss Corners safe?
Yes, Coss Corners is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $199 per resident a year.
Compare Coss Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coss Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coss Corners 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.
Coss Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coss Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coss Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coss Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coss Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coss Corners 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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