Best PlacesLittle Genesee, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Little Genesee, 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.
Little Genesee ranks 24,973rd 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 Little Genesee
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.
Little Genesee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Little Genesee ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
Where Little Genesee ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% 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 Little Genesee
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Little Genesee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,968, 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 Little Genesee's effective rate of 2.73%, 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 Little Genesee
Little Genesee 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 Little Genesee.
Who works in Little Genesee, and how
Work in Little Genesee centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Little Genesee
Little Genesee has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Little Genesee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Little Genesee, month by month
Little Genesee sees roughly 84 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 Little Genesee
The nearest airport, Bradford Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 150 miles away.
The best schools in and around Little Genesee
Schools across Little Genesee average an A−, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bolivar-richburg Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Portville Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oswayo Valley MsB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Portville Junior-senior High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Bolivar-richburg Junior-senior High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Oswayo Valley HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Little Genesee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Little Genesee 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 Little Genesee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Little Genesee
Is Little Genesee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Little Genesee ranks 24,973rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, good schools, and quiet, 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 Little Genesee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $94,531. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $58,968 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Little Genesee safe?
Yes, Little Genesee is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.
Compare Little Genesee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Little Genesee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Little Genesee 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.
Little Genesee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Little Genesee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Little Genesee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Little Genesee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Little Genesee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Little Genesee 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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