Best PlacesShumla, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shumla, 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.
Shumla ranks 18,634th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Shumla
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.
Shumla's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shumla ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Shumla ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shumla
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shumla home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,747, 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 Shumla's effective rate of 2.07%, 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 Shumla
Shumla 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 Shumla.
Who works in Shumla, and how
Work in Shumla centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Shumla
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shumla.
What the weather is like in Shumla, month by month
Shumla sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Shumla
The nearest airport, Buffalo Niagara International, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 140 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shumla
Schools across Shumla average an A−, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sinclairville Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Fredonia Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Forestville Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fredonia Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Fredonia High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Forestville Central High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Pine Valley Central Junior-senior High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shumla school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shumla 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 Shumla against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shumla
Is Shumla a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shumla ranks 18,634th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, good schools, and a strong job market, and lowest on property taxes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shumla expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $151,582. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $73,747 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Shumla safe?
Yes, Shumla is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $249 per resident a year.
Compare Shumla with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shumla. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shumla 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.
Shumla detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shumla: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shumla: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shumla: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shumla: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shumla 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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