Best PlacesGurn Spring, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gurn Spring, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Gurn Spring ranks 1,325th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gurn Spring
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.
Gurn Spring's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gurn Spring ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
Where Gurn Spring ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gurn Spring
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gurn Spring home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $118,202, 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 Gurn Spring's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 Gurn Spring
Gurn Spring'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 Gurn Spring.
Who works in Gurn Spring, and how
Work in Gurn Spring centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Gurn Spring
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gurn Spring.
What the weather is like in Gurn Spring, month by month
Gurn Spring sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 14° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 58° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Gurn Spring
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gurn Spring
Schools across Gurn Spring average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Schuylerville Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Ballard Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Schuylerville Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Oliver W Winch Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Schuylerville High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- South Glens Falls Senior High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gurn Spring school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gurn Spring 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 Gurn Spring against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gurn Spring
Is Gurn Spring a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gurn Spring ranks 1,325th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and an educated workforce, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gurn Spring expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $388,415. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $118,202 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Gurn Spring safe?
Yes, Gurn Spring is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $120 per resident a year.
Compare Gurn Spring with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gurn Spring. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gurn Spring 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.
Gurn Spring detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gurn Spring: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gurn Spring: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gurn Spring: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gurn Spring: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gurn Spring 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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