Best PlacesSouth Canisteo, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around South Canisteo, 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.
South Canisteo ranks 22,795th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
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The best neighborhoods in South Canisteo
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.
South Canisteo's strengths and weaknesses
Where South Canisteo ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 73% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
Where South Canisteo ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 36% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in South Canisteo
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median South Canisteo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,648, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.7% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-08-20 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 South Canisteo's effective rate of 2.00%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in South Canisteo
South Canisteo runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for South Canisteo.
Who works in South Canisteo, and how
Work in South Canisteo centers on education 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 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in South Canisteo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across South Canisteo.
What the weather is like in South Canisteo, month by month
South Canisteo sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 58° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of South Canisteo
The nearest airport, Elmira/Corning Regional, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 182 miles away.
The best schools in and around South Canisteo
Schools across South Canisteo average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jasper-troupsburg Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Canisteo-greenwood Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Jasper-troupsburg Junior-senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Canisteo-greenwood High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every South Canisteo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
South Canisteo 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 South Canisteo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in South Canisteo
Is South Canisteo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, South Canisteo ranks 22,795th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, clean air, and low crime, and lowest on property taxes and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is South Canisteo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $122,468. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $68,648 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is South Canisteo safe?
Yes, South Canisteo is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare South Canisteo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to South Canisteo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in South Canisteo 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.
South Canisteo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for South Canisteo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in South Canisteo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of South Canisteo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in South Canisteo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
South Canisteo 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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