Best PlacesJenksville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jenksville, 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.
Jenksville ranks 23,173rd 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 Jenksville
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.
Jenksville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jenksville ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 85% of towns
Where Jenksville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jenksville
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jenksville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,663, 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 Jenksville's effective rate of 2.34%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Jenksville
Jenksville 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 Jenksville.
Who works in Jenksville, and how
Work in Jenksville centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Jenksville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Jenksville.
What the weather is like in Jenksville, month by month
Jenksville sees roughly 94 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 Jenksville
The nearest airport, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 153 miles away.
The best schools in and around Jenksville
Schools across Jenksville average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Candor Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Nathan T Hall SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Newark Valley Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Newark Valley Senior High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Candor Junior-senior High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jenksville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jenksville 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 Jenksville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Jenksville
Is Jenksville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jenksville ranks 23,173rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, few empty homes, and low crime, and lowest on property taxes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Jenksville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $146,965. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $75,663 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Jenksville safe?
Yes, Jenksville is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $195 per resident a year.
Compare Jenksville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jenksville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jenksville 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.
Jenksville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jenksville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jenksville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jenksville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jenksville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jenksville 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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