Best PlacesNew Albion, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Albion, 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.
New Albion ranks 30,429th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Albion
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.
New Albion's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Albion ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where New Albion ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Albion
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Albion home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,454, 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 New Albion's effective rate of 1.99%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in New Albion
New Albion runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Albion.
Who works in New Albion, and how
Work in New Albion centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in New Albion
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Albion.
What the weather is like in New Albion, month by month
New Albion sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 79° | 69° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of New Albion
The nearest airport, Bradford Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 142 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Albion
Schools across New Albion average a B+, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- G N Chapman Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Cattaraugus-little Valley Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Pine Valley Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cattaraugus-little Valley Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Cattaraugus-little Valley High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Randolph Senior High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Pine Valley Central Junior-senior High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Albion school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Albion 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 New Albion against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Albion
Is New Albion a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Albion ranks 30,429th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, tree cover, and quiet, 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 New Albion expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $131,708. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $63,454 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is New Albion safe?
Yes, New Albion is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $221 per resident a year.
Compare New Albion with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Albion. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Albion 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.
New Albion detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Albion: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Albion: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Albion: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Albion: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Albion 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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