Best PlacesMontville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Montville, 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.
Montville ranks 27,336th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Montville
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.
Montville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Montville ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 78% of towns
Where Montville ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Montville
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Montville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,962, 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 Montville's effective rate of 1.70%, 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 Montville
Montville's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Montville.
Who works in Montville, and how
Work in Montville centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Montville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Montville.
What the weather is like in Montville, month by month
Montville sees roughly 70 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 Montville
The nearest airport, Ithaca Tompkins International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 181 miles away.
The best schools in and around Montville
Schools across Montville average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Millard Fillmore Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Homer Junior High SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Homer Senior High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Southern Cayuga 7-12 Secondary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Moravia Junior-senior High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Montville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Montville 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 Montville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Montville
Is Montville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Montville ranks 27,336th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, low disaster risk, and clean air, and lowest on education levels and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Montville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $159,308. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $54,962 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Montville safe?
Montville is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $310 per resident a year.
Compare Montville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Montville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Montville 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.
Montville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Montville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Montville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Montville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Montville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Montville 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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