Best PlacesCollabar, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Collabar, 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.
Collabar ranks 1,312th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Collabar
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.
Collabar's strengths and weaknesses
Where Collabar ranks high
- Household income$177,161 median, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
Where Collabar ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute39.4 minutes each way, better 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
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Collabar
A household needs to earn about $148,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Collabar home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $177,161, 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 Collabar's effective rate of 1.93%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Collabar
Collabar's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Collabar.
Who works in Collabar, and how
Work in Collabar centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Collabar
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Collabar.
What the weather is like in Collabar, month by month
Collabar sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Collabar
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Collabar
Schools across Collabar average a B, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Pakanasink Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Pine Bush Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Valley Central Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Crispell Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Circleville Middle SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Valley Central High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Pine Bush Senior High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Collabar school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Collabar 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 Collabar against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Collabar
Is Collabar a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Collabar ranks 1,312th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, what local pay buys, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Collabar expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $491,500. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $177,161 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Collabar safe?
Yes, Collabar is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $152 per resident a year.
Compare Collabar with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Collabar. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Collabar 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.
Collabar detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Collabar: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Collabar: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Collabar: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Collabar: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Collabar 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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