Best PlacesCottekill, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cottekill, 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.
Cottekill ranks 21,152nd 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 Cottekill
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.
Cottekill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cottekill ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
Where Cottekill ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cottekill
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cottekill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $67,027, 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 Cottekill's effective rate of 1.31%, 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 Cottekill
Cottekill 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 Cottekill.
Who works in Cottekill, and how
Work in Cottekill centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Cottekill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cottekill.
What the weather is like in Cottekill, month by month
Cottekill sees roughly 93 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 Cottekill
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 73 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cottekill
Schools across Cottekill average a B+, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ernest C Myer SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rondout Valley Intermediate SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Rondout Valley Junior High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- J Watson Bailey Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Kingston High SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
- Rondout Valley High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cottekill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cottekill 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 Cottekill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cottekill
Is Cottekill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cottekill ranks 21,152nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and tree cover, 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 Cottekill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $364,162. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $67,027 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Cottekill safe?
Yes, Cottekill is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
Compare Cottekill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cottekill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cottekill 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.
Cottekill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cottekill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cottekill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cottekill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cottekill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cottekill 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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