Best PlacesPine Valley, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pine Valley, 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.
Pine Valley ranks 7,041st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pine Valley
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.
Pine Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pine Valley ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 89% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
Where Pine Valley ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pine Valley
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pine Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,789, 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 Pine Valley's effective rate of 2.00%, 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 Pine Valley
Pine Valley's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pine Valley.
Who works in Pine Valley, and how
Work in Pine Valley centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Pine Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pine Valley.
What the weather is like in Pine Valley, month by month
Pine Valley sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 18° |
| April | 62° | 47° | 34° |
| July | 87° | 72° | 58° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Pine Valley
The nearest airport, Elmira/Corning Regional, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 175 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pine Valley
Schools across Pine Valley average a B+, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gardner Road Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Ridge Road SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Big Flats SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Corning-painted Post Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Horseheads Intermediate SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Horseheads Senior High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Corning-painted Post High SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pine Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pine Valley 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 Pine Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pine Valley
Is Pine Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pine Valley ranks 7,041st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, low disaster risk, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pine Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,975. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $71,789 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Pine Valley safe?
Yes, Pine Valley is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $133 per resident a year.
Compare Pine Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pine Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pine Valley 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.
Pine Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pine Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pine Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pine Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pine Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pine Valley 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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