Best PlacesMinaville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Minaville, 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.
Minaville ranks 10,543rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Minaville
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.
Minaville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Minaville ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$106,536 median, better than 88% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
Where Minaville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Minaville
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Minaville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $106,536, 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 Minaville's effective rate of 1.87%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Minaville
Minaville 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 Minaville.
Who works in Minaville, and how
Work in Minaville centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Minaville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Minaville.
What the weather is like in Minaville, month by month
Minaville sees roughly 76 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 Minaville
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Minaville
Schools across Minaville average a B, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- William H Barkley MicrosocietyB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wilbur H Lynch Literacy AcademyF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Amsterdam High SchoolA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Minaville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Minaville 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 Minaville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Minaville
Is Minaville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Minaville ranks 10,543rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, high incomes, and low disaster risk, and lowest on property taxes 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 Minaville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $253,489. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $106,536 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Minaville safe?
Yes, Minaville is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $196 per resident a year.
Compare Minaville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Minaville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Minaville 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.
Minaville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Minaville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Minaville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Minaville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Minaville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Minaville 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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