Best PlacesThree Mile Bay, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Three Mile Bay, 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.
Three Mile Bay ranks 8,899th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Three Mile Bay
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.
Three Mile Bay's strengths and weaknesses
Where Three Mile Bay ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Three Mile Bay ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
- Short commute33.5 minutes each way, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Three Mile Bay
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Three Mile Bay home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,388, 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 Three Mile Bay's effective rate of 1.19%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Three Mile Bay
Three Mile Bay 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 Three Mile Bay.
Who works in Three Mile Bay, and how
Work in Three Mile Bay centers on retail trade and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Three Mile Bay
Three Mile Bay has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Three Mile Bay and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Three Mile Bay, month by month
Three Mile Bay sees roughly 71 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 Three Mile Bay
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 230 miles away.
The best schools in and around Three Mile Bay
Schools across Three Mile Bay average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bashaw Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Thousand Islands Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Thousand Islands High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- General Brown Junior-senior High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Three Mile Bay school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Three Mile Bay 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 Three Mile Bay against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Three Mile Bay
Is Three Mile Bay a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Three Mile Bay ranks 8,899th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, civic engagement, and health care access, and lowest on empty homes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Three Mile Bay expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,126. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $89,388 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Three Mile Bay safe?
Yes, Three Mile Bay is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $209 per resident a year.
Compare Three Mile Bay with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Three Mile Bay. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Three Mile Bay 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.
Three Mile Bay detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Three Mile Bay: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Three Mile Bay: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Three Mile Bay: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Three Mile Bay: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Three Mile Bay 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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