Best PlacesGuilford Center, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Guilford Center, 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.
Guilford Center ranks 31,080th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Guilford Center
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.
Guilford Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Guilford Center ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 85% of towns
- Short commute21.1 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
Where Guilford Center ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Guilford Center
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Guilford Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,636, 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 Guilford Center's effective rate of 1.80%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Guilford Center
Guilford Center runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Guilford Center.
Who works in Guilford Center, and how
Work in Guilford Center centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Guilford Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Guilford Center.
What the weather is like in Guilford Center, month by month
Guilford Center sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Guilford Center
The nearest airport, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 137 miles away.
The best schools in and around Guilford Center
Schools across Guilford Center average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gilbertsville-mount Upton Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Bainbridge-guilford High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Gilbertsville-mount Upton Junior-senior High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Guilford Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Guilford Center 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 Guilford Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Guilford Center
Is Guilford Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Guilford Center ranks 31,080th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, heat safety, and clean air, 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 Guilford Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $125,299. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $63,636 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Guilford Center safe?
Yes, Guilford Center is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $255 per resident a year.
Compare Guilford Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Guilford Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Guilford Center 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.
Guilford Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Guilford Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Guilford Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Guilford Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Guilford Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Guilford Center 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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