Best PlacesCopake Lake, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Copake Lake, 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.
Copake Lake ranks 8,379th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Copake Lake
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.
Copake Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Copake Lake ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$120,366 median, better than 93% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
Where Copake Lake ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Copake Lake
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Copake Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $120,366, 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 Copake Lake's effective rate of 1.07%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Copake Lake
Copake Lake 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 Copake Lake.
Who works in Copake Lake, and how
Work in Copake Lake centers on retail trade and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Copake Lake
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Copake Lake.
What the weather is like in Copake Lake, month by month
Copake Lake sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Copake Lake
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 48 miles away.
The best schools in and around Copake Lake
Schools across Copake Lake average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Taconic Hills Elementary SchoolA · 72% proficient
Top high schools
- Taconic Hillsjunior/senior High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Copake Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Copake Lake 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 Copake Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Copake Lake
Is Copake Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Copake Lake ranks 8,379th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, tree cover, and high incomes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Copake Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $349,400. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $120,366 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Copake Lake safe?
Yes, Copake Lake is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $161 per resident a year.
Compare Copake Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Copake Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Copake Lake 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.
Copake Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Copake Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Copake Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Copake Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Copake Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Copake Lake 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.
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