Best PlacesOak Orchard, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oak Orchard, 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.
Oak Orchard ranks 16,337th 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 Oak Orchard
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.
Oak Orchard's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oak Orchard ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
Where Oak Orchard ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oak Orchard
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oak Orchard home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,556, 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 Oak Orchard's effective rate of 2.32%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Oak Orchard
Oak Orchard 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 Oak Orchard.
Who works in Oak Orchard, and how
Work in Oak Orchard centers on other services and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Oak Orchard
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oak Orchard.
What the weather is like in Oak Orchard, month by month
Oak Orchard sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Oak Orchard
The nearest airport, Buffalo Niagara International, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 216 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oak Orchard
Schools across Oak Orchard average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lyndonville Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Oak Orchard Primary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- L A Webber Middle-high SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Medina Junior-senior High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oak Orchard school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oak Orchard 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 Oak Orchard against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oak Orchard
Is Oak Orchard a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oak Orchard ranks 16,337th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low crime, and few empty homes, and lowest on property taxes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oak Orchard expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $205,400. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $65,556 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Oak Orchard safe?
Yes, Oak Orchard is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $143 per resident a year.
Compare Oak Orchard with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oak Orchard. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oak Orchard 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.
Oak Orchard detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oak Orchard: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oak Orchard: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oak Orchard: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oak Orchard: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oak Orchard 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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