Best PlacesCochecton, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cochecton, 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.
Cochecton ranks 13,998th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cochecton
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.
Cochecton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cochecton ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 87% of towns
Where Cochecton ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter 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 Cochecton
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cochecton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $81,981, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Cochecton's effective rate of 1.61%, 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 Cochecton
Cochecton 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 Cochecton.
Who works in Cochecton, and how
Work in Cochecton centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Cochecton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cochecton.
What the weather is like in Cochecton, month by month
Cochecton 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 Cochecton
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 81 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cochecton
Schools across Cochecton average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sullivan West Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- 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 Cochecton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cochecton 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 Cochecton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cochecton
Is Cochecton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cochecton ranks 13,998th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, low crime, and big-city access, and lowest on an overheated housing market 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 Cochecton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $327,146. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $81,981 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Cochecton safe?
Yes, Cochecton is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $165 per resident a year.
Compare Cochecton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cochecton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cochecton 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.
Cochecton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cochecton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cochecton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cochecton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cochecton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cochecton 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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