Best PlacesFelts Mills, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Felts Mills, 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.
Felts Mills ranks 23,289th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Felts Mills
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.
Felts Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Felts Mills ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute18.1 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
Where Felts Mills ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- Household income$50,925 median, better than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Felts Mills
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Felts Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,925, 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 Felts Mills' effective rate of 1.43%, 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 Felts Mills
Felts Mills runs younger 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 Felts Mills.
Who works in Felts Mills, and how
Work in Felts Mills centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Felts Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Felts Mills.
What the weather is like in Felts Mills, month by month
Felts Mills sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 22° | 14° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Felts Mills
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 212 miles away.
The best schools in and around Felts Mills
Schools across Felts Mills average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Black River SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Indian River Intermediate SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Calcium Primary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Carthage Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Indian River High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Carthage Senior High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Felts Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Felts Mills 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 Felts Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Felts Mills
Is Felts Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Felts Mills ranks 23,289th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, heat safety, and low disaster risk, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Felts Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,805. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $50,925 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Felts Mills safe?
Felts Mills is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $303 per resident a year.
Compare Felts Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Felts Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Felts Mills 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.
Felts Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Felts Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Felts Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Felts Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Felts Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Felts Mills 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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