Best PlacesNineveh Junction, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nineveh Junction, 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.
Nineveh Junction ranks 34,330th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Property taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on heat safety.
The best neighborhoods in Nineveh Junction
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.
Nineveh Junction's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nineveh Junction ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 77% of towns
Where Nineveh Junction ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nineveh Junction
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nineveh Junction home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,174, 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 Nineveh Junction's effective rate of 1.79%, 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 Nineveh Junction
Nineveh Junction 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 Nineveh Junction.
Who works in Nineveh Junction, and how
Work in Nineveh Junction centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Nineveh Junction
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Nineveh Junction.
What the weather is like in Nineveh Junction, month by month
Nineveh Junction sees roughly 79 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 Nineveh Junction
The nearest airport, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 129 miles away.
The best schools in and around Nineveh Junction
Schools across Nineveh Junction average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Afton Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- W A Olmsted Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Harpursville Junior-senior High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Afton Junior/senior High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nineveh Junction school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nineveh Junction 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 Nineveh Junction against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nineveh Junction
Is Nineveh Junction a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nineveh Junction ranks 34,330th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, clean air, and big-city access, 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 Nineveh Junction expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $148,390. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $58,174 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Nineveh Junction safe?
Yes, Nineveh Junction is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $224 per resident a year.
Compare Nineveh Junction with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nineveh Junction. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nineveh Junction 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.
Nineveh Junction detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nineveh Junction: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nineveh Junction: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nineveh Junction: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nineveh Junction: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nineveh Junction 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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