Best PlacesGreen Island, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Green Island, 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.
Green Island ranks 28,901st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Green Island
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.
Green Island's strengths and weaknesses
Where Green Island ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
Where Green Island ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Green Island
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Green Island home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,472, 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 Green Island's effective rate of 1.96%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Green Island
Green Island runs younger 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 Green Island.
Who works in Green Island, and how
Work in Green Island centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Green Island
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Green Island.
What the weather is like in Green Island, month by month
Green Island sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 18° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Green Island
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Green Island
Schools across Green Island average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top high schools
- Heatly SchoolB− · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Green Island school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Green Island 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 Green Island against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Green Island
Is Green Island a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Green Island ranks 28,901st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, cell coverage, and biking, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Green Island expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $142,029. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $62,472 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Green Island safe?
Green Island is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $349 per resident a year.
Compare Green Island with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Green Island. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Green Island 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.
Green Island detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Green Island: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Green Island: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Green Island: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Green Island: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Green Island 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.