Best PlacesKipps, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kipps, 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.
Kipps ranks 3,866th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kipps
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.
Kipps' strengths and weaknesses
Where Kipps ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$131,404 median, better than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
Where Kipps ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Short commute35.3 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kipps
A household needs to earn about $168,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kipps home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $131,404, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Kipps' effective rate of 1.65%, 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 Kipps
Kipps runs older 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 Kipps.
Who works in Kipps, and how
Work in Kipps centers on construction and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Kipps
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kipps.
What the weather is like in Kipps, month by month
Kipps sees roughly 69 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 Kipps
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kipps
Schools across Kipps average a B+, better than 88% of towns.
Top middle schools
- C J Hooker Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Goshen Central High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kipps school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kipps 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 Kipps against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kipps
Is Kipps a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kipps ranks 3,866th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, big-city access, and population health, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kipps expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $574,969. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $131,404 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Kipps safe?
Yes, Kipps is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $232 per resident a year.
Compare Kipps with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kipps. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kipps 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.
Kipps detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kipps: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kipps: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kipps: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kipps: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kipps 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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