Best PlacesWilliamson, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Williamson, 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.
Williamson ranks 6,555th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Williamson
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.
Williamson's strengths and weaknesses
Where Williamson ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Williamson ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% 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 Williamson
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Williamson home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,616, 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 Williamson's effective rate of 2.22%, 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 Williamson
Williamson's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Williamson.
Who works in Williamson, and how
Work in Williamson centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Williamson
Williamson has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Williamson and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Williamson, month by month
Williamson sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Williamson
The nearest airport, Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 234 miles away.
The best schools in and around Williamson
Schools across Williamson average an A−, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marion Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Williamson Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Sodus Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wayne Central Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Sodus Intermediate SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Williamson Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Williamson Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Wayne Senior High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Marion Junior-senior High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Williamson school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Williamson 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 Williamson against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Williamson
Is Williamson a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Williamson ranks 6,555th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low crime, and good schools, 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 Williamson expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,118. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $90,616 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Williamson safe?
Yes, Williamson is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $165 per resident a year.
Compare Williamson with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Williamson. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Williamson 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.
Williamson detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Williamson: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Williamson: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Williamson: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Williamson: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Williamson 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.