Best PlacesCohoes, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cohoes, 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.
Cohoes ranks 7,807th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cohoes
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.
Cohoes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Cohoes ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
Where Cohoes ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cohoes
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cohoes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,052, 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 Cohoes' 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 Cohoes
Cohoes's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Cohoes.
Who works in Cohoes, and how
Work in Cohoes centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Cohoes
Cohoes has more parkland per resident than 80% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Cohoes and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cohoes, month by month
Cohoes sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 18° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Cohoes
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cohoes
Schools across Cohoes average a B+, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Boght Hills SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Okte Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Waterford-halfmoon Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Acadia Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Cohoes Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Shenendehowa High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Cohoes High SchoolA · 78% proficient
- Waterford-halfmoon Junior-senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cohoes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cohoes 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 Cohoes against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Cohoes suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Cohoes
Is Cohoes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cohoes ranks 7,807th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, transit, and walkability, and lowest on property taxes 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 Cohoes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $260,106. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $80,052 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Cohoes safe?
Yes, Cohoes is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $269 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Cohoes?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 37 with lows near 18. That works out to about 67 pleasant days a year, more than 19% of towns.
Is Cohoes good for families?
Schools beat 83% of towns, crime safety beats 72%, and childcare runs $1,308 a month.
Compare Cohoes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cohoes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cohoes 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.
Cohoes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cohoes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cohoes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cohoes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cohoes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cohoes 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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