Best PlacesMooers, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mooers, 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.
Mooers ranks 17,186th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mooers
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.
Mooers' strengths and weaknesses
Where Mooers ranks high
- School gradeA−, better than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 81% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
Where Mooers ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mooers
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mooers home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,828, 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 Mooers' effective rate of 1.36%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mooers
Mooers 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 Mooers.
Who works in Mooers, and how
Work in Mooers centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Mooers
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mooers.
What the weather is like in Mooers, month by month
Mooers sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 22° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 32° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Mooers
The nearest airport, Plattsburgh International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 213 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mooers
Schools across Mooers average an A−, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mooers Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northeastern Clinton Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Beekmantown High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Northern Adirondack Middle/high SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mooers school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mooers 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 Mooers against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mooers
Is Mooers a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mooers ranks 17,186th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, transit, and a strong job market, 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 Mooers expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,172. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $68,828 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Mooers safe?
Yes, Mooers is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $240 per resident a year.
Compare Mooers with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mooers. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mooers 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.
Mooers detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mooers: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mooers: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mooers: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mooers: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mooers 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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