Best PlacesBrier Hill, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brier Hill, 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.
Brier Hill ranks 40,978th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Health outcomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on transit.
The best neighborhoods in Brier Hill
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.
Brier Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brier Hill ranks high
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Short commute23.0 minutes each way, better than 74% of towns
Where Brier Hill ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brier Hill
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brier Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,262, 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 Brier Hill's effective rate of 1.76%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Brier Hill
Brier Hill runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brier Hill.
Who works in Brier Hill, and how
Work in Brier Hill centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Brier Hill
Brier Hill has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Brier Hill and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Brier Hill, month by month
Brier Hill sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 20° | 12° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 62° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Brier Hill
The nearest airport, Ogdensburg International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 235 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brier Hill
Schools across Brier Hill average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top high schools
- Hammond Central SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Morristown Central SchoolA · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brier Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brier Hill 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 Brier Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brier Hill
Is Brier Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brier Hill ranks 40,978th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, good schools, and low disaster risk, and lowest on health outcomes and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brier Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $149,820. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $57,262 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Brier Hill safe?
Brier Hill is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $372 per resident a year.
Compare Brier Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brier Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brier Hill 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.
Brier Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brier Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brier Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brier Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brier Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brier Hill 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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