Best PlacesMalden Bridge, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Malden Bridge, 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.
Malden Bridge ranks 7,956th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Malden Bridge
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.
Malden Bridge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Malden Bridge ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
Where Malden Bridge ranks low
- Short commute38.1 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Malden Bridge
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Malden Bridge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $113,889, 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 Malden Bridge's effective rate of 1.00%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Malden Bridge
Malden Bridge 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 Malden Bridge.
Who works in Malden Bridge, and how
Work in Malden Bridge centers on manufacturing and arts & entertainment. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Malden Bridge
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Malden Bridge.
What the weather is like in Malden Bridge, month by month
Malden Bridge sees roughly 76 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 Malden Bridge
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around Malden Bridge
Schools across Malden Bridge average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Walter B Howard Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Mary E Dardess Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chatham Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Chatham High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- New Lebanon Junior-senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Malden Bridge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Malden Bridge 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 Malden Bridge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Malden Bridge
Is Malden Bridge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Malden Bridge ranks 7,956th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and what local pay buys, and lowest on long commutes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Malden Bridge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $375,400. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $113,889 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Malden Bridge safe?
Malden Bridge is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $292 per resident a year.
Compare Malden Bridge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Malden Bridge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Malden Bridge 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.
Malden Bridge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Malden Bridge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Malden Bridge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Malden Bridge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Malden Bridge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Malden Bridge 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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