Best PlacesKeuka, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Keuka, 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.
Keuka ranks 23,016th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on short commutes, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Keuka
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.
Keuka's strengths and weaknesses
Where Keuka ranks high
- Short commute19.4 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 89% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- BikingBetter than 79% of towns
Where Keuka ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Keuka
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Keuka home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,062, 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 Keuka's effective rate of 1.36%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Keuka
Keuka runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Keuka.
Who works in Keuka, and how
Work in Keuka centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Keuka
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Keuka.
What the weather is like in Keuka, month by month
Keuka 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 Keuka
The nearest airport, Elmira/Corning Regional, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 194 miles away.
The best schools in and around Keuka
Schools across Keuka average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dundee Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Dundee Junior-senior High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Keuka school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Keuka 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 Keuka against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Keuka
Is Keuka a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Keuka ranks 23,016th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, heat safety, and good schools, and lowest on property taxes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Keuka expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $218,902. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $78,062 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Keuka safe?
Keuka is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $301 per resident a year.
Compare Keuka with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Keuka. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Keuka 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.
Keuka detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Keuka: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Keuka: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Keuka: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Keuka: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Keuka 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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