Best PlacesPompey, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pompey, 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 ranks 6,053rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pompey
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's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pompey ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 92% of towns
Where Pompey ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pompey
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pompey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,650, 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's effective rate of 2.06%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pompey
Pompey 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.
Who works in Pompey, and how
Work in Pompey centers on transportation & warehousing and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Pompey
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pompey.
What the weather is like in Pompey, month by month
Pompey sees roughly 68 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
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 15 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 Pompey
Schools across Pompey average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fabius-pompey Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eagle Hill Middle SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Top high schools
- Fayetteville-manlius Senior High SchoolA+ · 99% proficient
- La Fayette Junior-senior High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Fabius-pompey Middle School High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pompey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pompey 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pompey
Is Pompey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pompey ranks 6,053rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, low disaster risk, and low crime, and lowest on property taxes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pompey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $220,393. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $102,650 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Pompey safe?
Yes, Pompey is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $149 per resident a year.
Compare Pompey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pompey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pompey 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pompey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pompey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pompey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pompey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pompey 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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