Best PlacesLogtown, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Logtown, 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.
Logtown ranks 2,189th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Logtown
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.
Logtown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Logtown ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
Where Logtown ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute41.2 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Logtown
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Logtown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $137,750, 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 Logtown's effective rate of 1.62%, 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 Logtown
Logtown runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Logtown.
Who works in Logtown, and how
Work in Logtown centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Logtown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Logtown.
What the weather is like in Logtown, month by month
Logtown sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Logtown
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Logtown
Schools across Logtown average a B+, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Otisville Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Minisink Valley Intermediate SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Minisink Valley Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Minisink Valley High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Logtown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Logtown 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 Logtown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Logtown
Is Logtown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Logtown ranks 2,189th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, low crime, and big-city access, and lowest on an overheated housing market and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Logtown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $332,300. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $137,750 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Logtown safe?
Yes, Logtown is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $140 per resident a year.
Compare Logtown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Logtown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Logtown 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.
Logtown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Logtown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Logtown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Logtown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Logtown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Logtown 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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