Best PlacesWalesville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Walesville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Walesville ranks 778th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Walesville
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.
Walesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Walesville ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$138,333 median, better than 96% of towns
Where Walesville ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Walesville
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Walesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $138,333, 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 Walesville's effective rate of 1.43%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Walesville
Walesville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Walesville.
Who works in Walesville, and how
Work in Walesville centers on manufacturing and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Walesville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Walesville.
What the weather is like in Walesville, month by month
Walesville sees roughly 68 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 Walesville
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 160 miles away.
The best schools in and around Walesville
Schools across Walesville average an A+, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Westmoreland Upper Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top high schools
- Donald H Crane Junior/senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Walesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Walesville 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 Walesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Walesville
Is Walesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Walesville ranks 778th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, few empty homes, and low crime, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Walesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $268,200. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $138,333 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Walesville safe?
Yes, Walesville is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $140 per resident a year.
Compare Walesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Walesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Walesville 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.
Walesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Walesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Walesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Walesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Walesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Walesville 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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