Best PlacesLyons Falls, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lyons Falls, 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.
Lyons Falls ranks 28,550th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lyons Falls
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.
Lyons Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lyons Falls ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 87% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Lyons Falls ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% 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
What it costs to buy a home in Lyons Falls
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lyons Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,738, 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 Lyons Falls' effective rate of 1.46%, 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 Lyons Falls
Lyons Falls 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 Lyons Falls.
Who works in Lyons Falls, and how
Work in Lyons Falls centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Lyons Falls
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lyons Falls.
What the weather is like in Lyons Falls, month by month
Lyons Falls sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 59° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Lyons Falls
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 179 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lyons Falls
Schools across Lyons Falls average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top middle schools
- South Lewis Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- South Lewis High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lyons Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lyons Falls 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 Lyons Falls against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lyons Falls
Is Lyons Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lyons Falls ranks 28,550th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, clean air, and walkability, and lowest on a weak job market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lyons Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $134,701. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $62,738 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Lyons Falls safe?
Lyons Falls is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $323 per resident a year.
Compare Lyons Falls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lyons Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lyons Falls 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.
Lyons Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lyons Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lyons Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lyons Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lyons Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lyons Falls 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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