Best PlacesEast Potter, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Potter, 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.
East Potter ranks 19,339th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in East Potter
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 Potter's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Potter ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 80% of towns
Where East Potter ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,204 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Potter
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Potter home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,287, 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 Potter's effective rate of 1.48%, 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 5 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 Potter
East Potter runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Potter.
Who works in East Potter, and how
Work in East Potter centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in East Potter
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Potter.
What the weather is like in East Potter, month by month
East Potter sees roughly 98 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of East Potter
The nearest airport, Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 210 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Potter
Schools across East Potter average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Marcus Whitman Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Marcus Whitman High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Potter school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Potter 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 Potter against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Potter
Is East Potter a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Potter ranks 19,339th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low disaster risk, and low crime, and lowest on education levels and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Potter expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $180,898. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $65,287 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is East Potter safe?
Yes, East Potter is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $183 per resident a year.
Compare East Potter with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Potter. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Potter 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 Potter detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Potter: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Potter: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Potter: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Potter: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Potter 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.