Best PlacesGloversville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gloversville, 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.
Gloversville ranks 25,941st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gloversville
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.
Gloversville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gloversville ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
Where Gloversville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gloversville
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gloversville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,231, 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 Gloversville's effective rate of 2.02%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gloversville
Gloversville runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gloversville.
Who works in Gloversville, and how
Work in Gloversville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Gloversville
Gloversville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of towns and more parkland per resident than 91% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Gloversville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gloversville, month by month
Gloversville sees roughly 79 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 Gloversville
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gloversville
Schools across Gloversville average a B, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Broadalbin-perth Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Mayfield Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Wheelerville SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gloversville Middle SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Gloversville High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Broadalbin-perth Junior-senior High SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Mayfield Jr/sr High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gloversville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gloversville 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 Gloversville against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Gloversville suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 6% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Gloversville
Is Gloversville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gloversville ranks 25,941st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, biking, and fast internet, 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 Gloversville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,420. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $59,231 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Gloversville safe?
Gloversville is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $343 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Gloversville?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 33 with lows near 21. That works out to about 79 pleasant days a year, more than 44% of towns.
Is Gloversville good for families?
Schools beat 74% of towns, crime safety beats 40%, and childcare runs $1,088 a month.
Compare Gloversville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gloversville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gloversville 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.
Gloversville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gloversville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gloversville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gloversville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gloversville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gloversville 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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