Best PlacesKanona, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kanona, 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.
Kanona ranks 31,464th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Property taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low crime.
The best neighborhoods in Kanona
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.
Kanona's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kanona ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 85% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 80% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Kanona ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Local economyBetter 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 Kanona
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kanona home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,641, 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 Kanona's effective rate of 1.75%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kanona
Kanona 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 Kanona.
Who works in Kanona, and how
Work in Kanona centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Kanona
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kanona.
What the weather is like in Kanona, month by month
Kanona sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Kanona
The nearest airport, Elmira/Corning Regional, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 197 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kanona
Schools across Kanona average a B+, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Vernon E Wightman Primary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dana L Lyon Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Haverling Senior High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kanona school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kanona 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 Kanona against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kanona
Is Kanona a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kanona ranks 31,464th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, clean air, and good schools, and lowest on property taxes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kanona expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $101,087. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $55,641 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Kanona safe?
Yes, Kanona is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $193 per resident a year.
Compare Kanona with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kanona. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kanona 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.
Kanona detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kanona: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kanona: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kanona: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kanona: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kanona 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.