Best PlacesEast Dickinson, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Dickinson, 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.
East Dickinson ranks 23,797th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Dickinson
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 Dickinson's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Dickinson ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 85% of towns
Where East Dickinson ranks low
- Short commute36.1 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 17% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Dickinson
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Dickinson home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,347, 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 Dickinson's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 East Dickinson
East Dickinson'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 East Dickinson.
Who works in East Dickinson, and how
Work in East Dickinson centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in East Dickinson
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Dickinson.
What the weather is like in East Dickinson, month by month
East Dickinson sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 20° | 10° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 32° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 58° |
| October | 63° | 50° | 38° |
Flying in and out of East Dickinson
The nearest airport, Massena International-Richards Field, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 217 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Dickinson
Schools across East Dickinson average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brushton Grade SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Dickinson school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Dickinson 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 Dickinson against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Dickinson
Is East Dickinson a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Dickinson ranks 23,797th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low disaster risk, and quiet, and lowest on long commutes 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 East Dickinson expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $118,051. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $74,347 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is East Dickinson safe?
East Dickinson is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $368 per resident a year.
Compare East Dickinson with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Dickinson. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Dickinson 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 Dickinson detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Dickinson: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Dickinson: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Dickinson: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Dickinson: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Dickinson 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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