Best PlacesHarmony Corners, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harmony Corners, 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.
Harmony Corners ranks 2,263rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Harmony Corners
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.
Harmony Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Harmony Corners ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$134,152 median, better than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Harmony Corners ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Harmony Corners
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harmony Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $134,152, 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 Harmony Corners' effective rate of 1.31%, 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 Harmony Corners
Harmony Corners runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Harmony Corners.
Who works in Harmony Corners, and how
Work in Harmony Corners centers on education and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Harmony Corners
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Harmony Corners.
What the weather is like in Harmony Corners, month by month
Harmony Corners sees roughly 74 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 Harmony Corners
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Harmony Corners
Schools across Harmony Corners average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Charlton Heights Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Joseph Henry Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Gordon Creek Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Richard H O'rourke Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Ballston Spa Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Burnt Hills-ballston Lake Senior High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- Ballston Spa Senior High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Galway Junior/senior High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harmony Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harmony Corners 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 Harmony Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Harmony Corners
Is Harmony Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harmony Corners ranks 2,263rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, high incomes, and an educated workforce, and lowest on childcare costs and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Harmony Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $396,846. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $134,152 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Harmony Corners safe?
Yes, Harmony Corners is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $195 per resident a year.
Compare Harmony Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harmony Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harmony Corners 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.
Harmony Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harmony Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harmony Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harmony Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harmony Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harmony Corners 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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