Best PlacesMattydale, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mattydale, 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.
Mattydale ranks 28,671st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mattydale
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.
Mattydale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mattydale ranks high
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
Where Mattydale ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mattydale
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mattydale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,562, 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 Mattydale's effective rate of 2.18%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mattydale
Mattydale runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Mattydale.
Who works in Mattydale, and how
Work in Mattydale centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Mattydale
Mattydale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Mattydale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mattydale, month by month
Mattydale sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 27° | 18° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Mattydale
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 194 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mattydale
Schools across Mattydale average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lemoyne Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Chestnut Hill Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Lyncourt SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chestnut Hill Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Roxboro Road Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Liverpool High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Henninger High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mattydale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mattydale 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 Mattydale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mattydale
Is Mattydale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mattydale ranks 28,671st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and biking, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mattydale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $121,113. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $70,562 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Mattydale safe?
Mattydale is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $430 per resident a year.
Compare Mattydale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mattydale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mattydale 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.
Mattydale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mattydale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mattydale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mattydale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mattydale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mattydale 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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