Best PlacesPultneyville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pultneyville, 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.
Pultneyville ranks 5,187th of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Pultneyville
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.
Pultneyville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pultneyville ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Household income$118,365 median, better than 93% of towns
Where Pultneyville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pultneyville
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pultneyville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $118,365, 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 Pultneyville's effective rate of 2.29%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pultneyville
Pultneyville 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 Pultneyville.
Who works in Pultneyville, and how
Work in Pultneyville centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Pultneyville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pultneyville.
What the weather is like in Pultneyville, month by month
Pultneyville sees roughly 71 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 Pultneyville
The nearest airport, Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 235 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pultneyville
Schools across Pultneyville average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Williamson Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Sodus Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sodus Intermediate SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Williamson Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Williamson Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Sodus Jr/sr High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pultneyville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pultneyville 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 Pultneyville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pultneyville
Is Pultneyville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pultneyville ranks 5,187th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, what local pay buys, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pultneyville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $239,415. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $118,365 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Pultneyville safe?
Yes, Pultneyville is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $243 per resident a year.
Compare Pultneyville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pultneyville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pultneyville 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.
Pultneyville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pultneyville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pultneyville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pultneyville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pultneyville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pultneyville 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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