Best PlacesCallicoon, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Callicoon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Callicoon ranks 11,882nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Callicoon
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.
Callicoon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Callicoon ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
Where Callicoon ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Callicoon
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Callicoon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,767, 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 Callicoon's effective rate of 1.67%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Callicoon
Callicoon 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 Callicoon.
Who works in Callicoon, and how
Work in Callicoon centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Callicoon
Callicoon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Callicoon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Callicoon, month by month
Callicoon sees roughly 69 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 Callicoon
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Callicoon
Schools across Callicoon average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Damascus Area SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Sullivan West Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Honesdale HsA · 75% proficient
- Sullivan West High School At Lake HuntingtonA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Callicoon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Callicoon 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 Callicoon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Callicoon
Is Callicoon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Callicoon ranks 11,882nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, big-city access, and health care access, and lowest on an overheated housing market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Callicoon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $251,365. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $94,767 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Callicoon safe?
Yes, Callicoon is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $255 per resident a year.
Compare Callicoon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Callicoon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Callicoon 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.
Callicoon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Callicoon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Callicoon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Callicoon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Callicoon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Callicoon 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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