Best PlacesHammondsport, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hammondsport, 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.
Hammondsport ranks 10,091st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hammondsport
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.
Hammondsport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hammondsport ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of towns
Where Hammondsport ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hammondsport
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hammondsport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,666, 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 Hammondsport's effective rate of 1.50%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hammondsport
Hammondsport 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 Hammondsport.
Who works in Hammondsport, and how
Work in Hammondsport centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hammondsport
Hammondsport has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Hammondsport and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hammondsport, month by month
Hammondsport sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Hammondsport
The nearest airport, Elmira/Corning Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 197 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hammondsport
Schools across Hammondsport average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Penn Yan Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Glenn H Curtiss Memorial SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Vernon E Wightman Primary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Penn Yan Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Dana L Lyon Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Penn Yan AcademyA+ · 98% proficient
- Haverling Senior High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Hammondsport Junior-senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hammondsport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hammondsport 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 Hammondsport against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hammondsport
Is Hammondsport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hammondsport ranks 10,091st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, health care access, and walkability, and lowest on empty homes and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hammondsport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $246,090. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $80,666 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Hammondsport safe?
Yes, Hammondsport is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $217 per resident a year.
Compare Hammondsport with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hammondsport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hammondsport 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.
Hammondsport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hammondsport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hammondsport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hammondsport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hammondsport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hammondsport 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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