Best PlacesEagle Bay, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eagle Bay, 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.
Eagle Bay ranks 29,154th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Eagle Bay
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.
Eagle Bay's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eagle Bay ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
Where Eagle Bay ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eagle Bay
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eagle Bay home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,571, 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 Eagle Bay's effective rate of 0.89%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Eagle Bay
Eagle Bay 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 Eagle Bay.
Who works in Eagle Bay, and how
Work in Eagle Bay centers on construction and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Eagle Bay
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Eagle Bay.
What the weather is like in Eagle Bay, month by month
Eagle Bay sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 22° | 14° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Eagle Bay
The nearest airport, Adirondack Regional, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 170 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eagle Bay
Schools across Eagle Bay average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beaver River Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Beaver River Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Beaver River Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eagle Bay school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eagle Bay 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 Eagle Bay against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eagle Bay
Is Eagle Bay a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eagle Bay ranks 29,154th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, clean air, and quiet, and lowest on cell coverage and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eagle Bay expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $330,727. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $72,571 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Eagle Bay safe?
Eagle Bay is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $518 per resident a year.
Compare Eagle Bay with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eagle Bay. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eagle Bay 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.
Eagle Bay detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eagle Bay: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eagle Bay: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eagle Bay: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eagle Bay: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eagle Bay 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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