Best Places13665, NY Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 13665, 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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13665 ranks 14,304th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 13665

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 13665 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.

13665's strengths and weaknesses

Top 5%Heat safety
Top 10%Clean air
Top 10%Tree cover
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 13665 with other zip codes.

Where 13665 ranks high

  • Heat safetyBetter than 96% of zip codes
  • Air qualityBetter than 93% of zip codes
  • Tree shadeBetter than 92% of zip codes
  • Crime safetyBetter than 92% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than 89% of zip codes

Where 13665 ranks low

  • BikingBetter than only 10% of zip codes
  • Educational attainmentBetter than only 17% of zip codes
  • State infrastructureBetter than only 18% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of zip codes
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 13665

A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 13665 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,054, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$40,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$942
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $146,319 home
Median rent
$1,217
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$746
Property tax$147
Homeowners insurance$49

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 13665's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. 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 13665

13665's age mix sits close to the national median.

Median age
41
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
14%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.5
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1829%
18 to 3418%
35 to 4919%
50 to 6420%
65 and older14%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 13665.


Who works in 13665, and how

Work in 13665 centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
3%
below the national average
Unemployment
4.8%
about the national average
Job growth
+8.2%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social26%
Retail trade11%
Education10%
Construction9%
Admin & support services9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 95%
  • Work from home 3%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 2%

Life in 13665

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 13665.


What the weather is like in 13665, month by month

13665 sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 14. 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
January31°22°14°
April56°44°33°
July83°72°61°
October63°51°41°

Flying in and out of 13665

The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 204 miles away.

Nearest airport
ART
Watertown International, about 27 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
328th-busiest in the US, 4 nonstop destinations
Average drive
38 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 13665

Schools across 13665 average a B+, better than 79% of zip codes.

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Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 13665 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


13665 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 13665 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 13665

Is 13665 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 13665 ranks 14,304th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on heat safety, clean air, and tree cover, and lowest on biking and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 13665 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $146,319. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $59,054 median income, cost of living beats 23% of zip codes.

Is 13665 safe?

Yes, 13665 is safer than 92% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $180 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 13665. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 13665 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.

13665 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 13665: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 13665: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 13665: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 13665: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

13665 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.