Best PlacesReynoldsville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Reynoldsville, 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.
Reynoldsville ranks 4,437th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Reynoldsville
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.
Reynoldsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Reynoldsville ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Reynoldsville ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% 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 Reynoldsville
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Reynoldsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,535, 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 Reynoldsville's effective rate of 1.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Reynoldsville
Reynoldsville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Reynoldsville.
Who works in Reynoldsville, and how
Work in Reynoldsville centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Reynoldsville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Reynoldsville.
What the weather is like in Reynoldsville, month by month
Reynoldsville sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Reynoldsville
The nearest airport, Ithaca Tompkins International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 183 miles away.
The best schools in and around Reynoldsville
Schools across Reynoldsville average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Howard A Hanlon Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Watkins Glen Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Odessa-montour Junior/senior High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Watkins Glen Central High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Reynoldsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Reynoldsville 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 Reynoldsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Reynoldsville
Is Reynoldsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Reynoldsville ranks 4,437th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, tree cover, and low crime, and lowest on an overheated housing market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Reynoldsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $180,083. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $102,535 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Reynoldsville safe?
Yes, Reynoldsville is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $166 per resident a year.
Compare Reynoldsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Reynoldsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Reynoldsville 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.
Reynoldsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Reynoldsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Reynoldsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Reynoldsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Reynoldsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Reynoldsville 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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