Best PlacesMerrickville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Merrickville, 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.
Merrickville ranks 22,780th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Merrickville
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.
Merrickville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Merrickville ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Merrickville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Merrickville
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Merrickville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $58,315; 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 Merrickville's effective rate of 1.60%, 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 Merrickville
Merrickville 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 Merrickville.
Who works in Merrickville, and how
Work in Merrickville centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Merrickville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Merrickville.
What the weather is like in Merrickville, month by month
Merrickville sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Merrickville
The nearest airport, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 122 miles away.
The best schools in and around Merrickville
Schools across Merrickville average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Townsend Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Walton Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Walton High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Merrickville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Merrickville 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 Merrickville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Merrickville
Is Merrickville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Merrickville ranks 22,780th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, tree cover, and a strong job market, and lowest on property taxes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Merrickville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $219,000. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $58,315 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Merrickville safe?
Yes, Merrickville is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $223 per resident a year.
Compare Merrickville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Merrickville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Merrickville 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.
Merrickville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Merrickville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Merrickville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Merrickville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Merrickville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Merrickville 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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