4. Orleans
Score: 13
Median home price: $89,900
Cost of living index: 86.7
Average commute time: 25.23
Crime rate: 38
Doctors per 100K: 72
Unlike other counties in New York, this was is less populated, with under 43,000 people calling it home. Orleans County is in the northwestern area of the state, bordering Lake Ontario, which also explains why 52 percent of the 817 square miles territory of the county under water.
The median home price in this area is close to $90,000, while the cost of living index was calculated at 86.7. The crime rate here is 38, so you shouldn’t worry too much about it, although you shouldn’t ignore things going on in your neighborhood either.
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