Best PlacesVallonia Springs, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vallonia Springs, 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.
Vallonia Springs ranks 29,998th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Property taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on clean air.
The best neighborhoods in Vallonia Springs
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.
Vallonia Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Vallonia Springs ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 80% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 78% of towns
Where Vallonia Springs ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vallonia Springs
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vallonia Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,606, 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 Vallonia Springs' 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vallonia Springs
Vallonia Springs runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vallonia Springs.
Who works in Vallonia Springs, and how
Work in Vallonia Springs centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Vallonia Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vallonia Springs.
What the weather is like in Vallonia Springs, month by month
Vallonia Springs sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Vallonia Springs
The nearest airport, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 125 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vallonia Springs
Schools across Vallonia Springs average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Afton Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Afton Junior/senior High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vallonia Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vallonia Springs 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 Vallonia Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vallonia Springs
Is Vallonia Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vallonia Springs ranks 29,998th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, big-city access, and heat safety, and lowest on property taxes 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 Vallonia Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $148,814. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $79,606 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Vallonia Springs safe?
Yes, Vallonia Springs is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $237 per resident a year.
Compare Vallonia Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vallonia Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vallonia Springs 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.
Vallonia Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vallonia Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vallonia Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vallonia Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vallonia Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vallonia Springs 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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