Best PlacesAltmar, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Altmar, 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.
Altmar ranks 31,243rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Altmar
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.
Altmar's strengths and weaknesses
Where Altmar ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 80% of towns
Where Altmar ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Altmar
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Altmar home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,609, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Altmar's effective rate of 1.71%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Altmar
Altmar 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 Altmar.
Who works in Altmar, and how
Work in Altmar centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Altmar
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Altmar.
What the weather is like in Altmar, month by month
Altmar sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 58° | 46° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Altmar
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 200 miles away.
The best schools in and around Altmar
Schools across Altmar average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pulaski Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Altmar-parish-williamstown Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Pulaski Middle-high SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Altmar-parish-williamstown Jr/sr High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Altmar school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Altmar 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 Altmar against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Altmar
Is Altmar a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Altmar ranks 31,243rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and clean air, and lowest on property taxes 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 Altmar expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $101,692. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $55,609 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Altmar safe?
Yes, Altmar is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $222 per resident a year.
Compare Altmar with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Altmar. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Altmar 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.
Altmar detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Altmar: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Altmar: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Altmar: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Altmar: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Altmar 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.