Best PlacesRamona Beach, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ramona Beach, 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.
Ramona Beach ranks 9,777th 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 Ramona Beach
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.
Ramona Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ramona Beach ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$107,258 median, better than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
Where Ramona Beach ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ramona Beach
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ramona Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $107,258, 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 Ramona Beach's effective rate of 1.79%, 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 Ramona Beach
Ramona Beach runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ramona Beach.
Who works in Ramona Beach, and how
Work in Ramona Beach centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ramona Beach
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ramona Beach.
What the weather is like in Ramona Beach, month by month
Ramona Beach sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 58° | 46° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Ramona Beach
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 210 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ramona Beach
Schools across Ramona Beach average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pulaski Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Mexico Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mexico Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Mexico High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Pulaski Middle-high SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ramona Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ramona Beach 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 Ramona Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ramona Beach
Is Ramona Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ramona Beach ranks 9,777th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, clean air, and low crime, and lowest on property taxes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ramona Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $208,500. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $107,258 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Ramona Beach safe?
Yes, Ramona Beach is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $180 per resident a year.
Compare Ramona Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ramona Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ramona Beach 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.
Ramona Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ramona Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ramona Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ramona Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ramona Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ramona Beach 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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