Best PlacesIndian Cove, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Indian Cove, 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.
Indian Cove ranks 12,656th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Indian Cove
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.
Indian Cove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Indian Cove ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
Where Indian Cove ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Indian Cove
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Indian Cove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,817, 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 Indian Cove's effective rate of 1.69%, 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 Indian Cove
Indian Cove 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 Indian Cove.
Who works in Indian Cove, and how
Work in Indian Cove centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Indian Cove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Indian Cove.
What the weather is like in Indian Cove, month by month
Indian Cove sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Indian Cove
The nearest airport, Ithaca Tompkins International, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 187 miles away.
The best schools in and around Indian Cove
Schools across Indian Cove average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Southern Cayuga Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Millard Fillmore Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Skaneateles Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top high schools
- Skaneateles Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Southern Cayuga 7-12 Secondary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Moravia Junior-senior High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Indian Cove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Indian Cove 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 Indian Cove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Indian Cove
Is Indian Cove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Indian Cove ranks 12,656th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low crime, and quiet, and lowest on property taxes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Indian Cove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,556. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $79,817 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Indian Cove safe?
Yes, Indian Cove is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $170 per resident a year.
Compare Indian Cove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Indian Cove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Indian Cove 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.
Indian Cove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Indian Cove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Indian Cove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Indian Cove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Indian Cove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Indian Cove 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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