Best PlacesMorey Park, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Morey Park, 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.
Morey Park ranks 5,966th 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 Morey Park
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.
Morey Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morey Park ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
Where Morey Park ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Morey Park
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morey Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,588, 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 Morey Park's effective rate of 1.63%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Morey Park
Morey Park 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 Morey Park.
Who works in Morey Park, and how
Work in Morey Park centers on manufacturing and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Morey Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Morey Park.
What the weather is like in Morey Park, month by month
Morey Park sees roughly 75 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 Morey Park
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Morey Park
Schools across Morey Park average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Donald P Sutherland SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Howard L Goff SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Algonquin Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Averill Park High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- Columbia High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morey Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morey Park 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 Morey Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Morey Park
Is Morey Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morey Park ranks 5,966th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low crime, and heat safety, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Morey Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $269,868. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $84,588 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Morey Park safe?
Yes, Morey Park is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $150 per resident a year.
Compare Morey Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morey Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morey Park 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.
Morey Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morey Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morey Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morey Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morey Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morey Park 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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