Best PlacesCounty Line, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around County Line, 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.
County Line ranks 14,809th 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 County Line
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.
County Line's strengths and weaknesses
Where County Line ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Short commute20.0 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where County Line ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in County Line
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median County Line home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,697, 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 County Line's effective rate of 2.01%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in County Line
County Line'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 County Line.
Who works in County Line, and how
Work in County Line centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in County Line
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across County Line.
What the weather is like in County Line, month by month
County Line sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 58° | 46° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of County Line
The nearest airport, Niagara Falls International, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 218 miles away.
The best schools in and around County Line
Schools across County Line average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pratt Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Lyndonville Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- L A Webber Middle-high SchoolA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every County Line school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
County Line 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 County Line against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in County Line
Is County Line a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, County Line ranks 14,809th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, good schools, and quiet, and lowest on property taxes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is County Line expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $133,556. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $86,697 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is County Line safe?
County Line is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $295 per resident a year.
Compare County Line with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to County Line. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in County Line 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.
County Line detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for County Line: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in County Line: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of County Line: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in County Line: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
County Line 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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