Best PlacesClintondale, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clintondale, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Clintondale ranks 13,097th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Clintondale
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.
Clintondale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Clintondale ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 81% of towns
Where Clintondale ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Clintondale
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clintondale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $86,206; 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 Clintondale's effective rate of 1.86%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Clintondale
Clintondale's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Clintondale.
Who works in Clintondale, and how
Work in Clintondale centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Clintondale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Clintondale.
What the weather is like in Clintondale, month by month
Clintondale sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Clintondale
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Clintondale
Schools across Clintondale average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Highland Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Lenape Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Marlboro Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Paltz Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Marlboro Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Highland Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- New Paltz Senior High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- Marlboro Central High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Highland High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clintondale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clintondale 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 Clintondale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Clintondale
Is Clintondale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clintondale ranks 13,097th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, good schools, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Clintondale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $302,398. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $86,206 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Clintondale safe?
Yes, Clintondale is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $218 per resident a year.
Compare Clintondale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clintondale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clintondale 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.
Clintondale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clintondale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clintondale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clintondale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clintondale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clintondale 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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