Best PlacesAndes, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Andes, 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.
Andes ranks 21,889th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Andes
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.
Andes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Andes ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 91% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 89% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
Where Andes ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Andes
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Andes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $76,898; 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 Andes' effective rate of 1.27%, 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 Andes
Andes 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 Andes.
Who works in Andes, and how
Work in Andes centers on public administration and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Andes
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Andes.
What the weather is like in Andes, month by month
Andes sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Andes
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Andes
Schools across Andes average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Livingston Manor Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Livingston Manor High SchoolA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Andes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Andes 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 Andes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Andes
Is Andes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Andes ranks 21,889th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, health care access, and transit, and lowest on cell coverage and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Andes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $293,210. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $76,898 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Andes safe?
Yes, Andes is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $215 per resident a year.
Compare Andes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Andes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Andes 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.
Andes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Andes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Andes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Andes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Andes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Andes 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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