Best PlacesSmartville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Smartville, 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.
Smartville ranks 28,777th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Smartville
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.
Smartville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Smartville ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
Where Smartville ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Smartville
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Smartville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,906, 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 Smartville's effective rate of 1.69%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Smartville
Smartville 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 Smartville.
Who works in Smartville, and how
Work in Smartville centers on education and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Smartville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Smartville.
What the weather is like in Smartville, month by month
Smartville sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 23° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Smartville
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 202 miles away.
The best schools in and around Smartville
Schools across Smartville average a B+, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sandy Creek Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sandy Creek Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Sandy Creek High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Smartville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Smartville 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 Smartville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Smartville
Is Smartville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Smartville ranks 28,777th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and quiet, and lowest on a weak job 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 Smartville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $117,252. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $79,906 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Smartville safe?
Smartville is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $306 per resident a year.
Compare Smartville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Smartville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Smartville 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.
Smartville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Smartville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Smartville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Smartville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Smartville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Smartville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.