Best PlacesRoss Mill, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ross Mill, 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.
Ross Mill ranks 23,469th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ross Mill
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.
Ross Mill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ross Mill ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute17.6 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 85% of towns
Where Ross Mill ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ross Mill
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ross Mill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,786, 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 Ross Mill's effective rate of 1.75%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Ross Mill
Ross Mill 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 Ross Mill.
Who works in Ross Mill, and how
Work in Ross Mill centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Ross Mill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ross Mill.
What the weather is like in Ross Mill, month by month
Ross Mill sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 79° | 69° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Ross Mill
The nearest airport, Bradford Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ross Mill
Schools across Ross Mill average a B+, better than 85% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Ligonier Valley MsC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Jamestown High SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Falconer Middle/high SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ross Mill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ross Mill 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 Ross Mill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ross Mill
Is Ross Mill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ross Mill ranks 23,469th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, heat safety, and short commutes, and lowest on property taxes and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ross Mill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $158,200. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $79,786 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Ross Mill safe?
Ross Mill is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $566 per resident a year.
Compare Ross Mill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ross Mill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ross Mill 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.
Ross Mill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ross Mill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ross Mill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ross Mill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ross Mill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ross Mill 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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