Best PlacesShackport, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shackport, 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.
Shackport ranks 13,274th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Shackport
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.
Shackport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shackport ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
Where Shackport ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shackport
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shackport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,750, 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 Shackport's effective rate of 1.41%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Shackport
Shackport 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 Shackport.
Who works in Shackport, and how
Work in Shackport centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Shackport
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shackport.
What the weather is like in Shackport, month by month
Shackport sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 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 | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Shackport
The nearest airport, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 117 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shackport
Schools across Shackport average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Delaware Academy Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shackport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shackport 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 Shackport against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shackport
Is Shackport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shackport ranks 13,274th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, civic engagement, and health care access, and lowest on an overheated housing market and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shackport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $246,600. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $83,750 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Shackport safe?
Yes, Shackport is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $149 per resident a year.
Compare Shackport with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shackport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shackport 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.
Shackport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shackport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shackport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shackport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shackport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shackport 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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