Best PlacesNewburgh, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Newburgh, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Newburgh ranks 1,594th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Newburgh
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.
Newburgh's strengths and weaknesses
Where Newburgh ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 85% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of cities
Where Newburgh ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 9% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Newburgh
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Newburgh home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $85,657, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Newburgh's effective rate of 2.08%, 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 Newburgh
Newburgh's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Newburgh.
Who works in Newburgh, and how
Work in Newburgh centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Newburgh
Newburgh has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Newburgh and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Newburgh, month by month
Newburgh sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 60° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Newburgh
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Newburgh
Schools across Newburgh average a B−, better than 55% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- New Windsor SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Leptondale Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- East Coldenham Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rombout Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Marlboro Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Heritage Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Cornwall Central High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Wallkill Senior High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Valley Central High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Newburgh school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Newburgh 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 Newburgh against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Newburgh suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Newburgh
Is Newburgh a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Newburgh ranks 1,594th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on clean air, walkability, and tree cover, 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 Newburgh expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $344,573. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $85,657 median income, cost of living beats 21% of cities.
Is Newburgh safe?
Newburgh is safer than 26% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $428 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Newburgh?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 37 with lows near 23. That works out to about 73 pleasant days a year, more than 33% of cities.
Is Newburgh good for families?
Schools beat 55% of cities, crime safety beats 26%, and childcare runs $1,308 a month.
Compare Newburgh with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Newburgh. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Newburgh 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.
Newburgh detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Newburgh: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Newburgh: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Newburgh: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Newburgh: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Newburgh 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.