Best PlacesGreenfield Center, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Greenfield Center, 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.
Greenfield Center ranks 3,668th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Greenfield 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.
Greenfield Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greenfield Center ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
Where Greenfield Center ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Greenfield Center
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greenfield Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $96,136; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Greenfield Center's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 Greenfield Center
Greenfield Center's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Greenfield Center.
Who works in Greenfield Center, and how
Work in Greenfield Center centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Greenfield Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Greenfield Center.
What the weather is like in Greenfield Center, month by month
Greenfield Center sees roughly 70 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 Greenfield Center
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 101 miles away.
The best schools in and around Greenfield Center
Schools across Greenfield Center average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Geyser Road Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Greenfield Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Corinth Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Maple Avenue Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Corinth Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Saratoga Springs High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Corinth High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greenfield Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greenfield 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 Greenfield Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Greenfield Center
Is Greenfield Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greenfield Center ranks 3,668th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low crime, and clean air, and lowest on childcare costs 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 Greenfield Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $381,968. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $96,136 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Greenfield Center safe?
Yes, Greenfield Center is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $161 per resident a year.
Compare Greenfield Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greenfield Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greenfield 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.
Greenfield Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greenfield Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greenfield Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greenfield Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greenfield Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greenfield 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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