Best PlacesFine, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fine, 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.
Fine ranks 42,992nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fine
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.
Fine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fine ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Fine ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fine
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,750, 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 Fine's effective rate of 1.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Fine
Fine 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 Fine.
Who works in Fine, and how
Work in Fine centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Fine
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fine.
What the weather is like in Fine, month by month
Fine sees roughly 72 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 Fine
The nearest airport, Ogdensburg International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 202 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fine
Schools across Fine average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clifton-fine Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Clifton-fine Junior-senior High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fine 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 Fine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fine
Is Fine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fine ranks 42,992nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, clean air, and good schools, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $80,000. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $53,750 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Fine safe?
Fine is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $533 per resident a year.
Compare Fine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fine 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.
Fine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fine 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.