Best PlacesLomond Shore, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lomond Shore, 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.
Lomond Shore ranks 14,243rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lomond Shore
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.
Lomond Shore's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lomond Shore ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of towns
Where Lomond Shore ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lomond Shore
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lomond Shore home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,375, 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 Lomond Shore's effective rate of 1.97%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lomond Shore
Lomond Shore runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lomond Shore.
Who works in Lomond Shore, and how
Work in Lomond Shore centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lomond Shore
Lomond Shore has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Lomond Shore and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lomond Shore, month by month
Lomond Shore sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Lomond Shore
The nearest airport, Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 226 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lomond Shore
Schools across Lomond Shore average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kendall Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Kendall Junior-senior High SchoolA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lomond Shore school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lomond Shore 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 Lomond Shore against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lomond Shore
Is Lomond Shore a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lomond Shore ranks 14,243rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, low disaster risk, and good schools, and lowest on property taxes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lomond Shore expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,800. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $82,375 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Lomond Shore safe?
Yes, Lomond Shore is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $131 per resident a year.
Compare Lomond Shore with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lomond Shore. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lomond Shore 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.
Lomond Shore detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lomond Shore: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lomond Shore: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lomond Shore: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lomond Shore: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lomond Shore 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.