Best PlacesKents Corners, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kents Corners, 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.
Kents Corners ranks 33,529th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kents 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.
Kents Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Kents Corners ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Kents Corners ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kents Corners
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kents Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,896, 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 Kents Corners' effective rate of 1.76%, 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 Kents Corners
Kents Corners runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kents Corners.
Who works in Kents Corners, and how
Work in Kents Corners centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Kents Corners
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kents Corners.
What the weather is like in Kents Corners, month by month
Kents Corners sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 20° | 12° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 62° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Kents Corners
The nearest airport, Ogdensburg International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 216 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kents Corners
Schools across Kents Corners average an A−, better than 82% of towns.
Top high schools
- Hermon-dekalb Central SchoolA · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kents Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kents 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 Kents Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kents Corners
Is Kents Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kents Corners ranks 33,529th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low disaster risk, and heat safety, and lowest on a weak job market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kents Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $105,500. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $69,896 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Kents Corners safe?
Kents Corners is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $288 per resident a year.
Compare Kents Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kents Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kents 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.
Kents Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kents Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kents Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kents Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kents Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kents 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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