Best PlacesPerth, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Perth, 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.
Perth ranks 7,486th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Perth
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.
Perth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Perth ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
Where Perth ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Perth
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Perth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,145, 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 Perth's effective rate of 1.31%, 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 Perth
Perth runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Perth.
Who works in Perth, and how
Work in Perth centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Perth
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Perth.
What the weather is like in Perth, month by month
Perth sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 57° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 62° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Perth
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Perth
Schools across Perth average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Broadalbin-perth Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
Top high schools
- Broadalbin-perth Junior-senior High SchoolA · 69% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Perth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Perth 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 Perth against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Perth
Is Perth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Perth ranks 7,486th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and civic engagement, and lowest on car insurance costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Perth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $348,273. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $72,145 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Perth safe?
Yes, Perth is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $145 per resident a year.
Compare Perth with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Perth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Perth 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.
Perth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Perth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Perth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Perth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Perth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Perth 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.