Best PlacesWyoming County, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Wyoming County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wyoming County ranks 681st of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wyoming County
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.
The best areas in Wyoming County
The parts of Wyoming County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Arcade
Local pay stretches further, fewer homes sit empty, and more adults hold degrees.
Perry
More households have young kids and streets are more walkable.
Attica
Incomes run higher, though commutes are longer.
Warsaw
It is noisier and prices have run up more.
Scores across Wyoming County run from about the 20th to the 87th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Wyoming County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wyoming County ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of counties
- School gradeA, better than 97% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 83% of counties
Where Wyoming County ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of counties
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 12% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Wyoming County
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wyoming County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,993, 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 Wyoming County's effective rate of 2.02%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wyoming County
Wyoming County 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 Wyoming County.
Who works in Wyoming County, and how
Work in Wyoming County centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Wyoming County
Wyoming County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Wyoming County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Wyoming County growing, and who is moving in?
Wyoming County has lost about 4% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Rochester, NY.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Wyoming County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Wyoming County, month by month
Wyoming County sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Wyoming County
The nearest airport, Buffalo Niagara International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 186 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wyoming County
Schools across Wyoming County average an A, better than 97% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Letchworth Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Perry Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Alexander Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Iroquois Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Letchworth Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Attica Junior High SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Iroquois Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Pioneer Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Alden Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wyoming County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wyoming County 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 Wyoming County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Wyoming County suits
Common questions about living in Wyoming County
Is Wyoming County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wyoming County ranks 681st of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, 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 Wyoming County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,998. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $69,993 median income, cost of living beats 56% of counties.
Is Wyoming County safe?
Yes, Wyoming County is safer than 98% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $199 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Wyoming County?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 20. That works out to about 84 pleasant days a year, more than 45% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Wyoming County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Arcade, Perry, and Attica. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Wyoming County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wyoming County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wyoming County 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.
Wyoming County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wyoming County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wyoming County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wyoming County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wyoming County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wyoming County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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.