Best PlacesNarrowsburg, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Narrowsburg, 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.
Narrowsburg ranks 23,949th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Narrowsburg
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.
Narrowsburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Narrowsburg ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Narrowsburg ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute36.3 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Narrowsburg
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Narrowsburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $73,930; 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 Narrowsburg's effective rate of 1.83%, 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 Narrowsburg
Narrowsburg 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 Narrowsburg.
Who works in Narrowsburg, and how
Work in Narrowsburg centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Narrowsburg
Narrowsburg has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Narrowsburg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Narrowsburg, month by month
Narrowsburg sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Narrowsburg
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Narrowsburg
Schools across Narrowsburg average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Damascus Area SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Sullivan West Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- George Ross Mackenzie Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Sullivan West High School At Lake HuntingtonA− · 63% proficient
- Eldred Junior-senior High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Narrowsburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Narrowsburg 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 Narrowsburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Narrowsburg
Is Narrowsburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Narrowsburg ranks 23,949th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, big-city access, and good schools, and lowest on an overheated housing market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Narrowsburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $270,178. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $73,930 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Narrowsburg safe?
Yes, Narrowsburg is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $259 per resident a year.
Compare Narrowsburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Narrowsburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Narrowsburg 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.
Narrowsburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Narrowsburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Narrowsburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Narrowsburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Narrowsburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Narrowsburg 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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