Best PlacesParadox, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Paradox, 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.
Paradox ranks 34,581st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Paradox
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.
Paradox's strengths and weaknesses
Where Paradox ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
Where Paradox ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Paradox
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Paradox home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $53,643, 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 Paradox'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 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 Paradox
Paradox 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 Paradox.
Who works in Paradox, and how
Work in Paradox centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Paradox
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Paradox.
What the weather is like in Paradox, month by month
Paradox sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 23° | 14° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Paradox
The nearest airport, Rutland/Southern Vermont Regional, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 143 miles away.
The best schools in and around Paradox
Schools across Paradox average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ticonderoga Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Ticonderoga Junior-senior High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Paradox school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Paradox 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 Paradox against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Paradox
Is Paradox a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Paradox ranks 34,581st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, health care access, and clean air, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Paradox expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $244,594. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $53,643 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Paradox safe?
Yes, Paradox is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $287 per resident a year.
Compare Paradox with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Paradox. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Paradox 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.
Paradox detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Paradox: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Paradox: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Paradox: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Paradox: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Paradox 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.