Best PlacesNumber Four, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Number Four, 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.
Number Four ranks 32,598th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Number Four
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.
Number Four's strengths and weaknesses
Where Number Four ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
Where Number Four ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Number Four
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Number Four home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,834, 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 Number Four's effective rate of 1.40%, 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 Number Four
Number Four 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 Number Four.
Who works in Number Four, and how
Work in Number Four centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Number Four
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Number Four.
What the weather is like in Number Four, month by month
Number Four sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 22° | 14° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Number Four
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 184 miles away.
The best schools in and around Number Four
Schools across Number Four average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lowville Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Beaver River Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lowville Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Beaver River Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Beaver River Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Lowville High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Number Four school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Number Four 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 Number Four against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Number Four
Is Number Four a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Number Four ranks 32,598th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, tree cover, and clean air, and lowest on cell coverage and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Number Four expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,557. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $52,834 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Number Four safe?
Yes, Number Four is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $230 per resident a year.
Compare Number Four with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Number Four. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Number Four 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.
Number Four detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Number Four: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Number Four: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Number Four: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Number Four: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Number Four 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.