Best PlacesDelhi, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Delhi, 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.
Delhi ranks 17,157th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Delhi
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.
Delhi's strengths and weaknesses
Where Delhi ranks high
- Short commute16.1 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
Where Delhi ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Delhi
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Delhi home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,027, 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 Delhi's effective rate of 1.30%, 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 Delhi
Delhi's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Delhi.
Who works in Delhi, and how
Work in Delhi centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Delhi
Delhi has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Delhi and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Delhi, month by month
Delhi sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Delhi
The nearest airport, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 117 miles away.
The best schools in and around Delhi
Schools across Delhi average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Delaware Academy Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Walton Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Walton High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Delaware Academy High SchoolA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Delhi school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Delhi 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 Delhi against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Delhi
Is Delhi a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Delhi ranks 17,157th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, transit, and population health, and lowest on an overheated housing market 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 Delhi expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $218,437. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $67,027 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Delhi safe?
Delhi is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $334 per resident a year.
Compare Delhi with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Delhi. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Delhi 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.
Delhi detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Delhi: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Delhi: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Delhi: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Delhi: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Delhi 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.