Best PlacesPyrites, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pyrites, 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.
Pyrites ranks 18,626th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pyrites
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.
Pyrites' strengths and weaknesses
Where Pyrites ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 93% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Short commute19.2 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
Where Pyrites ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pyrites
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pyrites home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,053, 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 Pyrites' effective rate of 2.24%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pyrites
Pyrites's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Pyrites.
Who works in Pyrites, and how
Work in Pyrites centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Pyrites
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pyrites.
What the weather is like in Pyrites, month by month
Pyrites sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 20° | 12° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 62° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Pyrites
The nearest airport, Ogdensburg International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 218 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pyrites
Schools across Pyrites average an A−, better than 93% of towns.
Top high schools
- Hermon-dekalb Central SchoolA · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pyrites school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pyrites 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 Pyrites against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pyrites
Is Pyrites a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pyrites ranks 18,626th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and good schools, 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 Pyrites expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $134,464. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $74,053 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Pyrites safe?
Pyrites is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $304 per resident a year.
Compare Pyrites with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pyrites. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pyrites 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.
Pyrites detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pyrites: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pyrites: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pyrites: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pyrites: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pyrites 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.