Best PlacesHoag Corners, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hoag 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.
Hoag Corners ranks 5,532nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hoag 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.
Hoag Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hoag Corners ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of towns
Where Hoag Corners ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hoag Corners
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hoag Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,563, 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 Hoag Corners' effective rate of 1.63%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hoag Corners
Hoag Corners runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hoag Corners.
Who works in Hoag Corners, and how
Work in Hoag Corners centers on manufacturing and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Hoag Corners
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hoag Corners.
What the weather is like in Hoag Corners, month by month
Hoag Corners sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Hoag Corners
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hoag Corners
Schools across Hoag Corners average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Miller Hill SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Donald P Sutherland SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Algonquin Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Averill Park High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hoag Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hoag 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 Hoag Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hoag Corners
Is Hoag Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hoag Corners ranks 5,532nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, good schools, and low crime, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hoag Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $295,096. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $95,563 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Hoag Corners safe?
Yes, Hoag Corners is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $155 per resident a year.
Compare Hoag Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hoag Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hoag 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.
Hoag Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hoag Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hoag Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hoag Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hoag Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hoag 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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