Best PlacesPittsford, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pittsford, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pittsford ranks 28th of 2,098 U.S. cities 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 Pittsford
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.
Pittsford's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pittsford ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of cities
Where Pittsford ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 3% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 25% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Pittsford
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pittsford home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $149,626, 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 Pittsford's effective rate of 2.43%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pittsford
Pittsford runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pittsford.
Who works in Pittsford, and how
Work in Pittsford centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pittsford
Pittsford has more parkland per resident than 97% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Pittsford and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pittsford, month by month
Pittsford sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 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 | 59° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Pittsford
The nearest airport, Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 226 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pittsford
Schools across Pittsford average an A+, better than 99% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Park Road SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Thornell Road SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Mendon Center Elementary SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Top middle schools
- Calkins Road Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Honeoye Falls-lima Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Barker Road Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
Top high schools
- Pittsford-mendon High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Pittsford Sutherland High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Victor Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pittsford school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pittsford 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 Pittsford against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Pittsford suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 94% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 22% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Pittsford
Is Pittsford a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pittsford ranks 28th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low disaster risk, good schools, and an educated workforce, and lowest on property taxes and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pittsford expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $383,503. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $149,626 median income, cost of living beats 94% of cities.
Is Pittsford safe?
Yes, Pittsford is safer than 99% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $156 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Pittsford?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 20. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 28% of cities.
Is Pittsford good for families?
Schools beat 100% of cities, crime safety beats 99%, and childcare runs $1,317 a month.
Compare Pittsford with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pittsford. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pittsford 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.
Pittsford detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pittsford: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pittsford: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pittsford: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pittsford: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pittsford 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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