Best Places13333, NY Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 13333, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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13333 ranks 19,531st of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 13333

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 13333 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

13333's strengths and weaknesses

Top 10%Clean air
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 13333 with other zip codes.

Where 13333 ranks high

  • Air qualityBetter than 91% of zip codes
  • Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of zip codes
  • Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of zip codes
  • Heat safetyBetter than 83% of zip codes
  • School gradeA−, better than 81% of zip codes

Where 13333 ranks low

  • WalkabilityBetter than only 5% of zip codes
  • Low vacancyBetter than only 8% of zip codes
  • Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of zip codes
  • Internet speedBetter than only 14% of zip codes
  • Low property taxBetter than only 15% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 13333

A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 13333 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $62,163, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$70,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,632
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $246,760 home
Median rent
$785
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,258
Property tax$292
Homeowners insurance$82

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 13333's effective rate of 1.42%, 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.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 13333

13333 runs older than the country.

Median age
44
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
26%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.6
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1817%
18 to 3425%
35 to 4916%
50 to 6416%
65 and older26%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 13333.


Who works in 13333, and how

Work in 13333 centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.

Work from home
16%
about the national average
Unemployment
2.4%
below the national average
Job growth
−6.2%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Retail trade22%
Health care & social18%
Construction15%
Manufacturing6%
Public administration6%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 80%
  • Work from home 16%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 4%

Life in 13333

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 13333.


What the weather is like in 13333, month by month

13333 sees roughly 61 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.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January34°24°15°
April59°45°33°
July85°72°60°
October65°52°41°

Flying in and out of 13333

The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 125 miles away.

Nearest airport
ALB
Albany International, about 51 miles
Airport size
Small hub
86th-busiest in the US, 61 nonstop destinations
Average drive
73 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 13333

Schools across 13333 average an A−, better than 81% of zip codes.

Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 13333 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


13333 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 13333 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 13333

Is 13333 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 13333 ranks 19,531st of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on clean air, health care access, and civic engagement, and lowest on walkability and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 13333 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $246,760. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $62,163 median income, cost of living beats 23% of zip codes.

Is 13333 safe?

Yes, 13333 is safer than 80% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $226 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 13333. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 13333 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.

13333 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 13333: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 13333: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 13333: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 13333: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

13333 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.