Best PlacesEast Coldenham, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Coldenham, 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.
East Coldenham ranks 13,724th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Coldenham
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.
East Coldenham's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Coldenham ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$170,714 median, better than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
Where East Coldenham ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute52.9 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Coldenham
A household needs to earn about $142,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Coldenham home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $170,714, 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 East Coldenham's effective rate of 2.03%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in East Coldenham
East Coldenham runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Coldenham.
Who works in East Coldenham, and how
Work in East Coldenham centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 23%
Life in East Coldenham
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Coldenham.
What the weather is like in East Coldenham, month by month
East Coldenham sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 60° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of East Coldenham
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 1 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 51 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Coldenham
Schools across East Coldenham average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Coldenham Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Little Britain Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Temple Hill SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Cornwall Central High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Valley Central High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Newburgh Free AcademyA · 77% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Coldenham school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Coldenham 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 East Coldenham against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Coldenham
Is East Coldenham a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Coldenham ranks 13,724th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, population health, and a strong job market, and lowest on noise and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Coldenham expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $464,000. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $170,714 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is East Coldenham safe?
East Coldenham is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $645 per resident a year.
Compare East Coldenham with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Coldenham. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Coldenham 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.
East Coldenham detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Coldenham: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Coldenham: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Coldenham: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Coldenham: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Coldenham 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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