Best PlacesKimball Stand, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kimball Stand, 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.
Kimball Stand ranks 15,303rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kimball Stand
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.
Kimball Stand's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kimball Stand ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 84% of towns
Where Kimball Stand ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kimball Stand
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kimball Stand home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,297, 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 Kimball Stand's 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kimball Stand
Kimball Stand 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 Kimball Stand.
Who works in Kimball Stand, and how
Work in Kimball Stand centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Kimball Stand
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kimball Stand.
What the weather is like in Kimball Stand, month by month
Kimball Stand sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 79° | 69° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Kimball Stand
The nearest airport, Bradford Regional, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 128 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kimball Stand
Schools across Kimball Stand average a B+, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bemus Point Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Sinclairville Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ligonier Valley MsC+ · 36% proficient
- George Washington Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Chautauqua Lake Secondary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Maple Grove Junior/senior High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Falconer Middle/high SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kimball Stand school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kimball Stand 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 Kimball Stand against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kimball Stand
Is Kimball Stand a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kimball Stand ranks 15,303rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and health care access, 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 Kimball Stand expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $132,967. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $71,297 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Kimball Stand safe?
Yes, Kimball Stand is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $244 per resident a year.
Compare Kimball Stand with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kimball Stand. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kimball Stand 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.
Kimball Stand detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kimball Stand: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kimball Stand: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kimball Stand: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kimball Stand: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kimball Stand 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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