Best PlacesFishers Landing, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fishers Landing, 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.
Fishers Landing ranks 21,269th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fishers Landing
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.
Fishers Landing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fishers Landing ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Fishers Landing ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fishers Landing
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fishers Landing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,756, 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 Fishers Landing'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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fishers Landing
Fishers Landing's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fishers Landing.
Who works in Fishers Landing, and how
Work in Fishers Landing centers on agriculture & forestry and manufacturing. 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 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Fishers Landing
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fishers Landing.
What the weather is like in Fishers Landing, month by month
Fishers Landing sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 23° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Fishers Landing
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 232 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fishers Landing
Schools across Fishers Landing average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Guardino Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Thousand Islands Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Thousand Islands High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fishers Landing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fishers Landing 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 Fishers Landing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fishers Landing
Is Fishers Landing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fishers Landing ranks 21,269th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, good schools, and low disaster risk, and lowest on empty homes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fishers Landing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,190. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $63,756 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Fishers Landing safe?
Yes, Fishers Landing is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $200 per resident a year.
Compare Fishers Landing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fishers Landing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fishers Landing 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.
Fishers Landing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fishers Landing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fishers Landing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fishers Landing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fishers Landing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fishers Landing 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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