Best PlacesGouverneur, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gouverneur, 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.
Gouverneur ranks 31,213th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gouverneur
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.
Gouverneur's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gouverneur ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 80% of towns
Where Gouverneur ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 16% of towns
- Household income$53,998 median, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gouverneur
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gouverneur home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,998, 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 Gouverneur's effective rate of 1.42%, 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 Gouverneur
Gouverneur 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 Gouverneur.
Who works in Gouverneur, and how
Work in Gouverneur centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Gouverneur
Gouverneur has more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Gouverneur and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gouverneur, month by month
Gouverneur sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 22° | 14° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Gouverneur
The nearest airport, Ogdensburg International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 216 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gouverneur
Schools across Gouverneur average a B−, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Indian River Intermediate SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Harrisville Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Edwards-knox Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gouverneur Middle SchoolD · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Indian River High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Gouverneur High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Edwards-knox Junior-senior High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gouverneur school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gouverneur 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 Gouverneur against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gouverneur
Is Gouverneur a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gouverneur ranks 31,213th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, low disaster risk, and transit, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gouverneur expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,890. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $53,998 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Gouverneur safe?
Gouverneur is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $320 per resident a year.
Compare Gouverneur with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gouverneur. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gouverneur 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.
Gouverneur detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gouverneur: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gouverneur: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gouverneur: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gouverneur: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gouverneur 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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