Best PlacesHuguenot, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Huguenot, 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.
Huguenot ranks 32,526th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Huguenot
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.
Huguenot's strengths and weaknesses
Where Huguenot ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 84% of towns
Where Huguenot ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Huguenot
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Huguenot home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,434, 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 Huguenot's effective rate of 1.72%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Huguenot
Huguenot runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Huguenot.
Who works in Huguenot, and how
Work in Huguenot centers on manufacturing and other services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Huguenot
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Huguenot.
What the weather is like in Huguenot, month by month
Huguenot sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Huguenot
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Huguenot
Schools across Huguenot average a B+, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- N A Hamilton Bicentennial SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Anna S Kuhl Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Port Jervis Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Port Jervis Senior High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Huguenot school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Huguenot 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 Huguenot against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Huguenot
Is Huguenot a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Huguenot ranks 32,526th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, and clean air, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Huguenot expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $188,120. The overall cost of living runs about 36% above the national average. Set against a $57,434 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Huguenot safe?
Yes, Huguenot is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $284 per resident a year.
Compare Huguenot with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Huguenot. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Huguenot 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.
Huguenot detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Huguenot: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Huguenot: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Huguenot: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Huguenot: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Huguenot 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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