Best PlacesChaumont, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chaumont, 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.
Chaumont ranks 13,586th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Chaumont
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.
Chaumont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chaumont ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
Where Chaumont ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chaumont
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chaumont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,524, 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 Chaumont's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Chaumont
Chaumont runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Chaumont.
Who works in Chaumont, and how
Work in Chaumont centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Chaumont
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Chaumont.
What the weather is like in Chaumont, month by month
Chaumont sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 23° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Chaumont
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 228 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chaumont
Schools across Chaumont average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bashaw Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Thousand Islands Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Thousand Islands High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- General Brown Junior-senior High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chaumont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chaumont 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 Chaumont against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chaumont
Is Chaumont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chaumont ranks 13,586th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, clean air, and low disaster risk, and lowest on a weak job market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chaumont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $237,166. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $81,524 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Chaumont safe?
Yes, Chaumont is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $222 per resident a year.
Compare Chaumont with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chaumont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chaumont 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.
Chaumont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chaumont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chaumont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chaumont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chaumont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chaumont 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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