Best PlacesVerona Mills, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Verona Mills, 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.
Verona Mills ranks 19,701st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Verona Mills
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.
Verona Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Verona Mills ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Verona Mills ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Verona Mills
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Verona Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,982, 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 Verona Mills' effective rate of 1.76%, 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 Verona Mills
Verona Mills 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 Verona Mills.
Who works in Verona Mills, and how
Work in Verona Mills centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Verona Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Verona Mills.
What the weather is like in Verona Mills, month by month
Verona Mills sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 59° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Verona Mills
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 171 miles away.
The best schools in and around Verona Mills
Schools across Verona Mills average a B+, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- J D George Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Louis V Denti Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Gansevoort Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Vernon-verona-sherrill Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Lyndon H Strough Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Vernon-verona-sherrill Senior High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Rome Free AcademyA+ · 84% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Verona Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Verona Mills 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 Verona Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Verona Mills
Is Verona Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Verona Mills ranks 19,701st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, clean air, and low disaster risk, and lowest on property taxes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Verona Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $209,800. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $66,982 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Verona Mills safe?
Yes, Verona Mills is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $183 per resident a year.
Compare Verona Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Verona Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Verona Mills 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.
Verona Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Verona Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Verona Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Verona Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Verona Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Verona Mills 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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