Best PlacesHunts Corners, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hunts Corners, 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.
Hunts Corners ranks 16,157th 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 Hunts Corners
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.
Hunts Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hunts Corners ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 83% of towns
Where Hunts Corners ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hunts Corners
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hunts Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,760, 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 Hunts Corners' effective rate of 1.91%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hunts Corners
Hunts Corners 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 Hunts Corners.
Who works in Hunts Corners, and how
Work in Hunts Corners centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Hunts Corners
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hunts Corners.
What the weather is like in Hunts Corners, month by month
Hunts Corners sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 35° |
| July | 81° | 69° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Hunts Corners
The nearest airport, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 156 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hunts Corners
Schools across Hunts Corners average a B+, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Caryl E Adams Primary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- William Appleby Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Nathan T Hall SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tioughnioga Riverside AcademyA− · 54% proficient
- Newark Valley Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Whitney Point Senior High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Newark Valley Senior High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Marathon High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hunts Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hunts Corners 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 Hunts Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hunts Corners
Is Hunts Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hunts Corners ranks 16,157th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low crime, 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 Hunts Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,635. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $73,760 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Hunts Corners safe?
Yes, Hunts Corners is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $161 per resident a year.
Compare Hunts Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hunts Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hunts Corners 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.
Hunts Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hunts Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hunts Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hunts Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hunts Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hunts Corners 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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