Best PlacesOaks Corners, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oaks Corners, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Oaks Corners ranks 9,028th 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 Oaks Corners
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.
Oaks Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Oaks Corners ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
Where Oaks Corners ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,279 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oaks Corners
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oaks Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,113, 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 Oaks Corners' effective rate of 2.38%, 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 Oaks Corners
Oaks Corners 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 Oaks Corners.
Who works in Oaks Corners, and how
Work in Oaks Corners centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Oaks Corners
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oaks Corners.
What the weather is like in Oaks Corners, month by month
Oaks Corners sees roughly 97 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 Oaks Corners
The nearest airport, Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 212 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oaks Corners
Schools across Oaks Corners average an A−, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Midlakes Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Waterloo Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Geneva Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Geneva High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Midlakes Middle/high SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Waterloo High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oaks Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oaks Corners 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 Oaks Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oaks Corners
Is Oaks Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oaks Corners ranks 9,028th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and good schools, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oaks Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,660. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $78,113 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Oaks Corners safe?
Yes, Oaks Corners is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $182 per resident a year.
Compare Oaks Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oaks Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oaks Corners 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.
Oaks Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oaks Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oaks Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oaks Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oaks Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oaks Corners 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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