Best PlacesHinsdale, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hinsdale, 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.
Hinsdale ranks 19,957th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hinsdale
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.
Hinsdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hinsdale ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Short commute21.5 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of towns
Where Hinsdale ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hinsdale
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hinsdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,594, 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 Hinsdale's effective rate of 2.08%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hinsdale
Hinsdale 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 Hinsdale.
Who works in Hinsdale, and how
Work in Hinsdale centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hinsdale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hinsdale.
What the weather is like in Hinsdale, month by month
Hinsdale sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 22° | 17° |
| April | 52° | 42° | 34° |
| July | 76° | 67° | 59° |
| October | 58° | 48° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Hinsdale
The nearest airport, Bradford Regional, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 151 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hinsdale
Schools across Hinsdale average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Franklinville Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Allegany-limestone Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Cuba-rushford Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cuba-rushford Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Cuba-rushford High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Franklinville Junior-senior High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Allegany-limestone Middle-high SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hinsdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hinsdale 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 Hinsdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hinsdale
Is Hinsdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hinsdale ranks 19,957th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, heat safety, and low crime, and lowest on property taxes 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 Hinsdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $123,286. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $67,594 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Hinsdale safe?
Yes, Hinsdale is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $168 per resident a year.
Compare Hinsdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hinsdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hinsdale 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.
Hinsdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hinsdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hinsdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hinsdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hinsdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hinsdale 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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