Best Places12592, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 12592, 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.
12592 ranks 22,285th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 12592
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.
12592's strengths and weaknesses
Where 12592 ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of zip codes
- School gradeB+, better than 84% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 76% of zip codes
Where 12592 ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of zip codes
- Short commute34.5 minutes each way, better than only 12% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 12592
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 12592 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $76,280; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 12592's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 12592
12592 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 12592.
Who works in 12592, and how
Work in 12592 centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in 12592
12592 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 12592 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 12592, month by month
12592 sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of 12592
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 46 miles away.
The best schools in and around 12592
Schools across 12592 average a B+, better than 84% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Webutuck Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Millbrook Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Dover Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Eugene Brooks Intermediate SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Webutuck High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Dover High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Millbrook High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 12592 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
12592 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 12592 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 12592
Is 12592 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 12592 ranks 22,285th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on tree cover, heat safety, and big-city access, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 12592 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $286,917. The overall cost of living runs about 52% above the national average. Set against a $76,280 median income, cost of living beats 6% of zip codes.
Is 12592 safe?
Yes, 12592 is safer than 74% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $256 per resident a year.
Compare 12592 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 12592. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 12592 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.
12592 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 12592: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 12592: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 12592: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 12592: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
12592 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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