Best PlacesPerry City, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Perry City, 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.
Perry City ranks 8,642nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Perry City
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.
Perry City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Perry City ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
Where Perry City ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,283 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Perry City
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Perry City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,588, 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 Perry City's effective rate of 1.48%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Perry City
Perry City 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 Perry City.
Who works in Perry City, and how
Work in Perry City centers on education and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Perry City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Perry City.
What the weather is like in Perry City, month by month
Perry City sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Perry City
The nearest airport, Ithaca Tompkins International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 180 miles away.
The best schools in and around Perry City
Schools across Perry City average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Trumansburg Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top middle schools
- Russell I Doig Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Charles O Dickerson High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Perry City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Perry City 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 Perry City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Perry City
Is Perry City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Perry City ranks 8,642nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, good schools, and an educated workforce, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Perry City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $262,961. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $79,588 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Perry City safe?
Yes, Perry City is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $238 per resident a year.
Compare Perry City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Perry City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Perry City 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.
Perry City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Perry City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Perry City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Perry City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Perry City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Perry City 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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