Best PlacesAccord, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Accord, 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.
Accord ranks 18,420th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Accord
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.
Accord's strengths and weaknesses
Where Accord ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 86% of towns
Where Accord ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute39.5 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Accord
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Accord home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,888, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Accord's effective rate of 1.29%, 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 Accord
Accord 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 Accord.
Who works in Accord, and how
Work in Accord centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Accord
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Accord.
What the weather is like in Accord, month by month
Accord sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Accord
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 74 miles away.
The best schools in and around Accord
Schools across Accord average a B+, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marbletown Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Ridgeway Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rondout Valley Intermediate SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Rondout Valley Junior High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Manchester Township Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Rondout Valley High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Manchester Township High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Accord school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Accord 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 Accord against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Accord
Is Accord a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Accord ranks 18,420th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, an educated workforce, and a strong job market, and lowest on an overheated housing market and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Accord expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $379,691. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $93,888 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Accord safe?
Accord is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $320 per resident a year.
Compare Accord with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Accord. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Accord 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.
Accord detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Accord: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Accord: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Accord: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Accord: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Accord 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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