Best PlacesPompey Center, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pompey Center, 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.
Pompey Center ranks 3,821st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pompey Center
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.
Pompey Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pompey Center ranks high
- Short commute9.5 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
Where Pompey Center ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pompey Center
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pompey Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,694, 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 Pompey Center's effective rate of 2.44%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pompey Center
Pompey Center 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 Pompey Center.
Who works in Pompey Center, and how
Work in Pompey Center centers on public administration and other services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Pompey Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pompey Center.
What the weather is like in Pompey Center, month by month
Pompey Center sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 27° | 18° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Pompey Center
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 178 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pompey Center
Schools across Pompey Center average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Burton Street Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cazenovia Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Cazenovia High SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pompey Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pompey Center 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 Pompey Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pompey Center
Is Pompey Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pompey Center ranks 3,821st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, good schools, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pompey Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $270,300. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $86,694 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Pompey Center safe?
Yes, Pompey Center is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $234 per resident a year.
Compare Pompey Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pompey Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pompey Center 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.
Pompey Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pompey Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pompey Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pompey Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pompey Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pompey Center 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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