Best PlacesKiryas Joel, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kiryas Joel, 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.
Kiryas Joel ranks 1,837th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kiryas Joel
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.
Kiryas Joel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kiryas Joel ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- School gradeA, better than 97% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of cities
Where Kiryas Joel ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 1% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Household income$54,253 median, better than only 3% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Kiryas Joel
A household needs to earn about $211,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kiryas Joel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $54,253, 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 Kiryas Joel's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 Kiryas Joel
Kiryas Joel 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 Kiryas Joel.
Who works in Kiryas Joel, and how
Work in Kiryas Joel centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 50%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 35%
Life in Kiryas Joel
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kiryas Joel.
What the weather is like in Kiryas Joel, month by month
Kiryas Joel sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 60° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Kiryas Joel
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kiryas Joel
Schools across Kiryas Joel average an A, better than 97% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Kiryas Joel Village SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monroe-woodbury Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Monroe-woodbury High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kiryas Joel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kiryas Joel 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 Kiryas Joel against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Kiryas Joel suits
Retirees
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Common questions about living in Kiryas Joel
Is Kiryas Joel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kiryas Joel ranks 1,837th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, heat safety, and good schools, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kiryas Joel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $774,338. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $54,253 median income, cost of living beats 0% of cities.
Is Kiryas Joel safe?
Kiryas Joel is safer than 25% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $391 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Kiryas Joel?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 37 with lows near 23. That works out to about 78 pleasant days a year, more than 42% of cities.
Is Kiryas Joel good for families?
Schools beat 97% of cities, crime safety beats 25%, and childcare runs $1,308 a month.
Compare Kiryas Joel with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kiryas Joel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kiryas Joel 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.
Kiryas Joel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kiryas Joel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kiryas Joel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kiryas Joel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kiryas Joel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kiryas Joel 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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