Best PlacesKnight Creek, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Knight Creek, 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.
Knight Creek ranks 31,841st 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 Knight Creek
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.
Knight Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Knight Creek ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 84% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Knight Creek ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Knight Creek
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Knight Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,608, 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 Knight Creek's effective rate of 2.68%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Knight Creek
Knight Creek 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 Knight Creek.
Who works in Knight Creek, and how
Work in Knight Creek centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Knight Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Knight Creek.
What the weather is like in Knight Creek, month by month
Knight Creek sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 58° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Knight Creek
The nearest airport, Bradford Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 161 miles away.
The best schools in and around Knight Creek
Schools across Knight Creek average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bolivar-richburg Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Wellsville Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Wellsville Secondary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Knight Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Knight Creek 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 Knight Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Knight Creek
Is Knight Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Knight Creek ranks 31,841st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, good schools, and clean air, 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 Knight Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $114,281. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $59,608 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Knight Creek safe?
Knight Creek is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $313 per resident a year.
Compare Knight Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Knight Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Knight Creek 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.
Knight Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Knight Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Knight Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Knight Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Knight Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Knight Creek 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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