Best PlacesEast Rodman, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Rodman, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
East Rodman ranks 5,904th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Rodman
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 Rodman's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Rodman ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
Where East Rodman ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Rodman
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Rodman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,052, 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 Rodman's effective rate of 0.98%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East Rodman
East Rodman runs younger than the country, 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 East Rodman.
Who works in East Rodman, and how
Work in East Rodman centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in East Rodman
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Rodman.
What the weather is like in East Rodman, month by month
East Rodman sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 23° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of East Rodman
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 209 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Rodman
Schools across East Rodman average an A−, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lowville Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Maynard P Wilson Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lowville Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Clarke Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Lowville High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- South Jefferson High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Rodman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Rodman 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 Rodman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Rodman
Is East Rodman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Rodman ranks 5,904th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and tree cover, and lowest on car insurance costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Rodman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $248,570. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $93,052 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is East Rodman safe?
Yes, East Rodman is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $208 per resident a year.
Compare East Rodman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Rodman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Rodman 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 Rodman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Rodman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Rodman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Rodman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Rodman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Rodman 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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