Best PlacesHartwick, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hartwick, 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.
Hartwick ranks 12,456th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hartwick
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.
Hartwick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hartwick ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 87% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Hartwick ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hartwick
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hartwick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,569, 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 Hartwick's effective rate of 1.25%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hartwick
Hartwick 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 Hartwick.
Who works in Hartwick, and how
Work in Hartwick centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hartwick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hartwick.
What the weather is like in Hartwick, month by month
Hartwick sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 59° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Hartwick
The nearest airport, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 131 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hartwick
Schools across Hartwick average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Richfield Springs Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Cooperstown Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Cooperstown Junior/senior High SchoolA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hartwick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hartwick 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 Hartwick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hartwick
Is Hartwick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hartwick ranks 12,456th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, good schools, and clean air, and lowest on the weather and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hartwick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,356. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $76,569 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Hartwick safe?
Yes, Hartwick is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $203 per resident a year.
Compare Hartwick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hartwick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hartwick 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.
Hartwick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hartwick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hartwick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hartwick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hartwick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hartwick 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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