Best PlacesFishs Eddy, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fishs Eddy, 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.
Fishs Eddy ranks 26,206th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fishs Eddy
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.
Fishs Eddy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fishs Eddy ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 82% of towns
Where Fishs Eddy ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- 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
What it costs to buy a home in Fishs Eddy
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fishs Eddy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,694, 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 Fishs Eddy's effective rate of 1.55%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fishs Eddy
Fishs Eddy 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 Fishs Eddy.
Who works in Fishs Eddy, and how
Work in Fishs Eddy centers on other services and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Fishs Eddy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fishs Eddy.
What the weather is like in Fishs Eddy, month by month
Fishs Eddy sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Fishs Eddy
The nearest airport, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fishs Eddy
Schools across Fishs Eddy average an A−, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Preston SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Sullivan West Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Hancock Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Sullivan West High School At Lake HuntingtonA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fishs Eddy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fishs Eddy 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 Fishs Eddy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fishs Eddy
Is Fishs Eddy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fishs Eddy ranks 26,206th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, big-city access, and clean air, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fishs Eddy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $154,514. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $67,694 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Fishs Eddy safe?
Yes, Fishs Eddy is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $144 per resident a year.
Compare Fishs Eddy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fishs Eddy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fishs Eddy 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.
Fishs Eddy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fishs Eddy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fishs Eddy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fishs Eddy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fishs Eddy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fishs Eddy 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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