Best PlacesSeneca Hill, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seneca Hill, 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.
Seneca Hill ranks 16,941st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Seneca Hill
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.
Seneca Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Seneca Hill ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of towns
Where Seneca Hill ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter 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 Seneca Hill
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seneca Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,783, 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 Seneca Hill's effective rate of 2.25%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Seneca Hill
Seneca Hill runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Seneca Hill.
Who works in Seneca Hill, and how
Work in Seneca Hill centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Seneca Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Seneca Hill.
What the weather is like in Seneca Hill, month by month
Seneca Hill sees roughly 73 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 Seneca Hill
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 216 miles away.
The best schools in and around Seneca Hill
Schools across Seneca Hill average a B+, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Minetto Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Volney Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Granby Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oswego Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Fulton Junior High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Oswego High SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
- G Ray Bodley High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Seneca Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Seneca Hill 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 Seneca Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Seneca Hill
Is Seneca Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seneca Hill ranks 16,941st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, low disaster risk, and transit, and lowest on property taxes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Seneca Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,700. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $66,783 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Seneca Hill safe?
Yes, Seneca Hill is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $183 per resident a year.
Compare Seneca Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seneca Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seneca Hill 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.
Seneca Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seneca Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seneca Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seneca Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seneca Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seneca Hill 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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