Best PlacesHawkeye, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hawkeye, 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.
Hawkeye ranks 26,398th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hawkeye
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.
Hawkeye's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hawkeye ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 84% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 80% of towns
Where Hawkeye ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hawkeye
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hawkeye home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,321, 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 Hawkeye's effective rate of 1.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Hawkeye
Hawkeye 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 Hawkeye.
Who works in Hawkeye, and how
Work in Hawkeye centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hawkeye
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hawkeye.
What the weather is like in Hawkeye, month by month
Hawkeye sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 22° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 32° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Hawkeye
The nearest airport, Plattsburgh International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 184 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hawkeye
Schools across Hawkeye average a B+, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ausable Forks Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ausable Valley Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Ausable Valley High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hawkeye school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hawkeye 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 Hawkeye against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hawkeye
Is Hawkeye a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hawkeye ranks 26,398th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, tree cover, and heat safety, and lowest on property taxes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hawkeye expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $212,800. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $72,321 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Hawkeye safe?
Hawkeye is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $296 per resident a year.
Compare Hawkeye with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hawkeye. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hawkeye 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.
Hawkeye detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hawkeye: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hawkeye: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hawkeye: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hawkeye: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hawkeye 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.