Best PlacesFreedom Plains, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Freedom Plains, 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.
Freedom Plains ranks 5,063rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Freedom Plains
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.
Freedom Plains' strengths and weaknesses
Where Freedom Plains ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
Where Freedom Plains ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better 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 Freedom Plains
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Freedom Plains home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $99,297; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Freedom Plains' effective rate of 1.95%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Freedom Plains
Freedom Plains'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 Freedom Plains.
Who works in Freedom Plains, and how
Work in Freedom Plains centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Freedom Plains
Freedom Plains has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Freedom Plains and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Freedom Plains, month by month
Freedom Plains sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Freedom Plains
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Freedom Plains
Schools across Freedom Plains average an A, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Noxon Road Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Vail Farm Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Titusville IntermediateB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Union Vale Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Lagrange Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Arlington High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Freedom Plains school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Freedom Plains 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 Freedom Plains against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Freedom Plains
Is Freedom Plains a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Freedom Plains ranks 5,063rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, good schools, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Freedom Plains expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $350,413. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $99,297 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Freedom Plains safe?
Yes, Freedom Plains is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $192 per resident a year.
Compare Freedom Plains with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Freedom Plains. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Freedom Plains 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.
Freedom Plains detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Freedom Plains: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Freedom Plains: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Freedom Plains: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Freedom Plains: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Freedom Plains 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.