Best PlacesMud Mills, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mud Mills, 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.
Mud Mills ranks 35,022nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mud Mills
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.
Mud Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Mud Mills ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 79% of towns
Where Mud Mills ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mud Mills
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mud Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,791, 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 Mud Mills' effective rate of 2.08%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mud Mills
Mud Mills 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 Mud Mills.
Who works in Mud Mills, and how
Work in Mud Mills centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mud Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mud Mills.
What the weather is like in Mud Mills, month by month
Mud Mills sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Mud Mills
The nearest airport, Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 221 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mud Mills
Schools across Mud Mills average a C+, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lyons Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Newark Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Lyons Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Newark Senior High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Lyons Senior High SchoolA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mud Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mud Mills 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 Mud Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mud Mills
Is Mud Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mud Mills ranks 35,022nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, clean air, and few empty homes, and lowest on property taxes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mud Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $97,600. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $71,791 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Mud Mills safe?
Mud Mills is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $528 per resident a year.
Compare Mud Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mud Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mud Mills 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.
Mud Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mud Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mud Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mud Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mud Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mud Mills 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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