Best PlacesRathbone, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rathbone, 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.
Rathbone ranks 32,424th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Cell coverage pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on heat safety.
The best neighborhoods in Rathbone
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.
Rathbone's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rathbone ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 90% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
Where Rathbone ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rathbone
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rathbone home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,780, 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 Rathbone's effective rate of 1.66%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rathbone
Rathbone runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rathbone.
Who works in Rathbone, and how
Work in Rathbone centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Rathbone
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rathbone.
What the weather is like in Rathbone, month by month
Rathbone sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 18° |
| April | 62° | 47° | 34° |
| July | 87° | 72° | 58° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Rathbone
The nearest airport, Elmira/Corning Regional, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 190 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rathbone
Schools across Rathbone average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jasper-troupsburg Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Tuscarora Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Jasper-troupsburg Junior-senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Campbell-savona Junior/senior High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rathbone school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rathbone 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 Rathbone against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rathbone
Is Rathbone a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rathbone ranks 32,424th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, good schools, and low crime, and lowest on cell coverage and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rathbone expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,461. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $66,780 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Rathbone safe?
Yes, Rathbone is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $188 per resident a year.
Compare Rathbone with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rathbone. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rathbone 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.
Rathbone detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rathbone: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rathbone: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rathbone: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rathbone: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rathbone 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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