Best PlacesEast Aurora, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Aurora, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
East Aurora ranks 1,541st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Aurora
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.
East Aurora's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Aurora ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
Where East Aurora ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Aurora
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Aurora home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $107,574, 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 East Aurora's effective rate of 1.69%, 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 East Aurora
East Aurora 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 East Aurora.
Who works in East Aurora, and how
Work in East Aurora centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in East Aurora
East Aurora has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of East Aurora and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Aurora, month by month
East Aurora 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 East Aurora
The nearest airport, Buffalo Niagara International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 178 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Aurora
Schools across East Aurora average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ellicott Road Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Eggert Road Elementary SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Parkdale Elementary SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
Top middle schools
- Iroquois Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Griffith Institute Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Attica Junior High SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Orchard Park High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- East Aurora High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Iroquois Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Aurora school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Aurora 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 East Aurora against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Aurora
Is East Aurora a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Aurora ranks 1,541st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, low disaster risk, and good schools, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Aurora expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $346,672. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $107,574 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is East Aurora safe?
Yes, East Aurora is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $169 per resident a year.
Compare East Aurora with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Aurora. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Aurora 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.
East Aurora detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Aurora: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Aurora: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Aurora: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Aurora: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Aurora 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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