Best PlacesLudlowville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ludlowville, 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.
Ludlowville ranks 6,776th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ludlowville
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.
Ludlowville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ludlowville ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
Where Ludlowville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ludlowville
A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ludlowville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $83,693; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Ludlowville's effective rate of 2.21%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ludlowville
Ludlowville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ludlowville.
Who works in Ludlowville, and how
Work in Ludlowville centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Ludlowville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ludlowville.
What the weather is like in Ludlowville, month by month
Ludlowville sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Ludlowville
The nearest airport, Ithaca Tompkins International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 178 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ludlowville
Schools across Ludlowville average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Raymond C Buckley Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lansing Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Lansing High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ludlowville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ludlowville 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 Ludlowville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ludlowville
Is Ludlowville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ludlowville ranks 6,776th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, low crime, and low disaster risk, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ludlowville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $296,639. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $83,693 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Ludlowville safe?
Yes, Ludlowville is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $156 per resident a year.
Compare Ludlowville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ludlowville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ludlowville 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.
Ludlowville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ludlowville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ludlowville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ludlowville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ludlowville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ludlowville 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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