Best PlacesEllenville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ellenville, 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.
Ellenville ranks 32,382nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ellenville
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.
Ellenville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ellenville ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
Where Ellenville ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ellenville
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ellenville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $54,826, 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 Ellenville's effective rate of 1.72%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ellenville
Ellenville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ellenville.
Who works in Ellenville, and how
Work in Ellenville centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Ellenville
Ellenville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Ellenville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ellenville, month by month
Ellenville sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Ellenville
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ellenville
Schools across Ellenville average an A−, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ellenville Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Benjamin Cosor Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Ellenville Junior/senior High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Fallsburg Junior Senior High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ellenville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ellenville 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 Ellenville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ellenville
Is Ellenville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ellenville ranks 32,382nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on an overheated housing market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ellenville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $220,030. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $54,826 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Ellenville safe?
Ellenville is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $412 per resident a year.
Compare Ellenville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ellenville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ellenville 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.
Ellenville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ellenville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ellenville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ellenville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ellenville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ellenville 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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