Best PlacesGerry, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gerry, 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.
Gerry ranks 19,160th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gerry
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.
Gerry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gerry ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Gerry ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gerry
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gerry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,790, 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 Gerry's effective rate of 1.98%, 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 Gerry
Gerry runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gerry.
Who works in Gerry, and how
Work in Gerry centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Gerry
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gerry.
What the weather is like in Gerry, month by month
Gerry sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 79° | 69° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Gerry
The nearest airport, Bradford Regional, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 130 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gerry
Schools across Gerry average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sinclairville Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Pine Valley Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- George Washington Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Chautauqua Lake Secondary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Randolph Senior High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Falconer Middle/high SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gerry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gerry 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 Gerry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gerry
Is Gerry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gerry ranks 19,160th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and low crime, 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 Gerry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $125,092. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $67,790 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Gerry safe?
Yes, Gerry is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $190 per resident a year.
Compare Gerry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gerry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gerry 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.
Gerry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gerry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gerry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gerry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gerry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gerry 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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