Best PlacesLorenz Park, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lorenz Park, 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.
Lorenz Park ranks 17,700th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lorenz Park
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.
Lorenz Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lorenz Park ranks high
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Household income$99,700 median, better than 84% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of towns
Where Lorenz Park ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,239 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lorenz Park
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lorenz Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $99,700, 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 Lorenz Park'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lorenz Park
Lorenz Park runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lorenz Park.
Who works in Lorenz Park, and how
Work in Lorenz Park centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Lorenz Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lorenz Park.
What the weather is like in Lorenz Park, month by month
Lorenz Park sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Lorenz Park
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lorenz Park
Schools across Lorenz Park average a B+, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ichabod Crane Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Edward J Arthur Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Montgomery C Smith Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ichabod Crane Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Coxsackie-athens Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Hudson Junior High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Ichabod Crane Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Coxsackie-athens High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Hudson High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lorenz Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lorenz Park 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 Lorenz Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lorenz Park
Is Lorenz Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lorenz Park ranks 17,700th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and clean air, and lowest on an overheated housing 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 Lorenz Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $273,264. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $99,700 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Lorenz Park safe?
Yes, Lorenz Park is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $294 per resident a year.
Compare Lorenz Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lorenz Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lorenz Park 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.
Lorenz Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lorenz Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lorenz Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lorenz Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lorenz Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lorenz Park 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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