Best PlacesMiddle Grove, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Middle Grove, 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.
Middle Grove ranks 5,828th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Middle Grove
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.
Middle Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Middle Grove ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
Where Middle Grove ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Middle Grove
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Middle Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $85,850; 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 Middle Grove's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 Middle Grove
Middle Grove runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Middle Grove.
Who works in Middle Grove, and how
Work in Middle Grove centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Middle Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Middle Grove.
What the weather is like in Middle Grove, month by month
Middle Grove sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 57° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 62° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Middle Grove
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Middle Grove
Schools across Middle Grove average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Geyser Road Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Greenfield Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Milton Terrace Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Maple Avenue Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Ballston Spa Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Saratoga Springs High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Ballston Spa Senior High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Broadalbin-perth Junior-senior High SchoolA · 69% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Middle Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Middle Grove 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 Middle Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Middle Grove
Is Middle Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Middle Grove ranks 5,828th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low crime, and clean air, and lowest on childcare costs and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Middle Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $337,380. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $85,850 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Middle Grove safe?
Yes, Middle Grove is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $159 per resident a year.
Compare Middle Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Middle Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Middle Grove 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.
Middle Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Middle Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Middle Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Middle Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Middle Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Middle Grove 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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