Best PlacesSteamburg, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Steamburg, 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.
Steamburg ranks 21,920th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Steamburg
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.
Steamburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Steamburg ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 82% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
Where Steamburg ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Steamburg
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Steamburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,345, 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 Steamburg's effective rate of 1.38%, 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 Steamburg
Steamburg 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 Steamburg.
Who works in Steamburg, and how
Work in Steamburg centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Steamburg
Steamburg has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Steamburg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Steamburg, month by month
Steamburg sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 79° | 69° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Steamburg
The nearest airport, Bradford Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 130 miles away.
The best schools in and around Steamburg
Schools across Steamburg average a B+, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- G N Chapman Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Randolph Senior High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Steamburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Steamburg 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 Steamburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Steamburg
Is Steamburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Steamburg ranks 21,920th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, tree cover, and low disaster risk, and lowest on empty homes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Steamburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $111,852. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $83,345 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Steamburg safe?
Steamburg is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $350 per resident a year.
Compare Steamburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Steamburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Steamburg 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.
Steamburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Steamburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Steamburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Steamburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Steamburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Steamburg 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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