Best PlacesLake Katrine, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Katrine, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lake Katrine ranks 10,950th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lake Katrine
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.
Lake Katrine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Katrine ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
Where Lake Katrine ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Katrine
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Katrine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $90,528; 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 Lake Katrine's effective rate of 1.90%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lake Katrine
Lake Katrine 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 Lake Katrine.
Who works in Lake Katrine, and how
Work in Lake Katrine centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Lake Katrine
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lake Katrine.
What the weather is like in Lake Katrine, month by month
Lake Katrine sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Lake Katrine
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 68 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lake Katrine
Schools across Lake Katrine average a B+, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- E R Crosby Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- M Clifford Miller Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Red Hook Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Kingston High SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
- Saugerties Senior High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Katrine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Katrine 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 Lake Katrine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Katrine
Is Lake Katrine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Katrine ranks 10,950th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and good schools, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Katrine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $307,966. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $90,528 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Lake Katrine safe?
Yes, Lake Katrine is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $197 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Katrine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Katrine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Katrine 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.
Lake Katrine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Katrine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Katrine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Katrine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Katrine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Katrine 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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