Best PlacesFairport, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fairport, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fairport ranks 157th of 2,098 U.S. cities 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 Fairport
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.
Fairport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fairport ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of cities
- School gradeA, better than 96% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of cities
Where Fairport ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 25% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 25% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Fairport
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fairport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $117,309, 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 Fairport's effective rate of 2.43%, 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 Fairport
Fairport 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 Fairport.
Who works in Fairport, and how
Work in Fairport centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fairport
Fairport has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of cities and more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Fairport and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fairport, month by month
Fairport sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 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 | 59° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Fairport
The nearest airport, Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 230 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fairport
Schools across Fairport average an A, better than 96% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Scribner Road Elementary SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Park Road SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Thornell Road SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
Top middle schools
- Calkins Road Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Barker Road Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
- Victor Junior High SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
Top high schools
- Pittsford-mendon High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Pittsford Sutherland High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Victor Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fairport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fairport 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 Fairport against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Fairport suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 81% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 21% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Fairport
Is Fairport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fairport ranks 157th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low crime, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fairport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $301,797. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $117,309 median income, cost of living beats 81% of cities.
Is Fairport safe?
Yes, Fairport is safer than 100% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $142 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Fairport?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 20. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 28% of cities.
Is Fairport good for families?
Schools beat 96% of cities, crime safety beats 100%, and childcare runs $1,316 a month.
Compare Fairport with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fairport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fairport 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.
Fairport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fairport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fairport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fairport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fairport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fairport 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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