Best PlacesFort Hunter, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Hunter, 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.
Fort Hunter ranks 21,899th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Hunter
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 Hunter's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Hunter ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 92% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
Where Fort Hunter ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Hunter
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Hunter home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,185, 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 Hunter's effective rate of 1.81%, 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 Fort Hunter
Fort Hunter runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fort Hunter.
Who works in Fort Hunter, and how
Work in Fort Hunter centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Fort Hunter
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fort Hunter.
What the weather is like in Fort Hunter, month by month
Fort Hunter sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 57° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 62° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Fort Hunter
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Hunter
Schools across Fort Hunter average an A−, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fonda-fultonville K-4 SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fonda-fultonville 5-8 SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Fonda-fultonville Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Hunter school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Hunter 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 Hunter against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Hunter
Is Fort Hunter a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Hunter ranks 21,899th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and clean air, and lowest on property taxes 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 Hunter expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $195,958. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $65,185 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Fort Hunter safe?
Yes, Fort Hunter is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $172 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Hunter with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Hunter. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Hunter 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 Hunter detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Hunter: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Hunter: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Hunter: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Hunter: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Hunter 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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