Best PlacesIreland Corners, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ireland 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.
Ireland Corners ranks 7,495th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ireland 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.
Ireland Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Ireland Corners ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$137,859 median, better than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
Where Ireland Corners ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ireland Corners
A household needs to earn about $142,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ireland Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $137,859; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Ireland Corners' effective rate of 1.84%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ireland Corners
Ireland Corners 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 Ireland Corners.
Who works in Ireland Corners, and how
Work in Ireland Corners centers on education 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 69%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Ireland Corners
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ireland Corners.
What the weather is like in Ireland Corners, month by month
Ireland Corners sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Ireland Corners
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ireland Corners
Schools across Ireland Corners average an A−, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lenape Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- E J Russell Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Kerhonkson Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Paltz Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- John G Borden Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Crispell Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- New Paltz Senior High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- Wallkill Senior High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Pine Bush Senior High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ireland Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ireland 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 Ireland Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ireland Corners
Is Ireland Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ireland Corners ranks 7,495th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, high incomes, and big-city access, and lowest on property taxes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ireland Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $475,265. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $137,859 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Ireland Corners safe?
Yes, Ireland Corners is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $240 per resident a year.
Compare Ireland Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ireland Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ireland 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.
Ireland Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ireland Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ireland Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ireland Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ireland Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ireland 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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