Best PlacesPaddy Hill, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Paddy Hill, 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.
Paddy Hill ranks 12,012th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Paddy Hill
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.
Paddy Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Paddy Hill ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
- Short commute21.9 minutes each way, better than 80% of towns
Where Paddy Hill ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Paddy Hill
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Paddy Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,105, 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 Paddy Hill's effective rate of 1.44%, 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 Paddy Hill
Paddy Hill runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Paddy Hill.
Who works in Paddy Hill, and how
Work in Paddy Hill centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Paddy Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Paddy Hill.
What the weather is like in Paddy Hill, month by month
Paddy Hill sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 23° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Paddy Hill
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 221 miles away.
The best schools in and around Paddy Hill
Schools across Paddy Hill average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brownville SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- General Brown Junior-senior High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Paddy Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Paddy Hill 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 Paddy Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Paddy Hill
Is Paddy Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Paddy Hill ranks 12,012th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and clean air, and lowest on property taxes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Paddy Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,126. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $89,105 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Paddy Hill safe?
Yes, Paddy Hill is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.
Compare Paddy Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Paddy Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Paddy Hill 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.
Paddy Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Paddy Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Paddy Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Paddy Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Paddy Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Paddy Hill 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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