Best PlacesFort Covington Center, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Covington Center, 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.
Fort Covington Center ranks 36,004th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Covington Center
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.
Fort Covington Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Covington Center ranks high
- Short commute19.1 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 75% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 74% of towns
Where Fort Covington Center ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Covington Center
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Covington Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,692, 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 Fort Covington Center's effective rate of 1.35%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fort Covington Center
Fort Covington Center runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fort Covington Center.
Who works in Fort Covington Center, and how
Work in Fort Covington Center centers on other services and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Fort Covington Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fort Covington Center.
What the weather is like in Fort Covington Center, month by month
Fort Covington Center sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 20° | 10° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 32° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 58° |
| October | 63° | 50° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Fort Covington Center
The nearest airport, Massena International-Richards Field, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 226 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Covington Center
Schools across Fort Covington Center average a B−, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Salmon River Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Salmon River Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Salmon River High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Covington Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Covington Center 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 Fort Covington Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Covington Center
Is Fort Covington Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Covington Center ranks 36,004th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, a stable housing market, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage 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 Fort Covington Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $97,400. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $52,692 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is Fort Covington Center safe?
Fort Covington Center is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $360 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Covington Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Covington Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Covington Center 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.
Fort Covington Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Covington Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Covington Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Covington Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Covington Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Covington Center 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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