Best PlacesNapanoch, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Napanoch, 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.
Napanoch ranks 26,741st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Napanoch
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.
Napanoch's strengths and weaknesses
Where Napanoch ranks high
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
Where Napanoch ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,307 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Napanoch
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Napanoch home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,118, 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 Napanoch's effective rate of 1.38%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Napanoch
Napanoch 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 Napanoch.
Who works in Napanoch, and how
Work in Napanoch centers on public administration and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Napanoch
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Napanoch.
What the weather is like in Napanoch, month by month
Napanoch sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Napanoch
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 73 miles away.
The best schools in and around Napanoch
Schools across Napanoch average an A−, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tri-valley Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Ellenville Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rondout Valley Intermediate SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Rondout Valley Junior High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Rondout Valley High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Ellenville Junior/senior High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Tri-valley Secondary SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Napanoch school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Napanoch 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 Napanoch against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Napanoch
Is Napanoch a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Napanoch ranks 26,741st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and good schools, and lowest on an overheated housing market and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Napanoch expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,578. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $74,118 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Napanoch safe?
Napanoch is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $377 per resident a year.
Compare Napanoch with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Napanoch. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Napanoch 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.
Napanoch detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Napanoch: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Napanoch: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Napanoch: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Napanoch: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Napanoch 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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