Best PlacesPoint Rock, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Point Rock, 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.
Point Rock ranks 11,347th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Point Rock
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.
Point Rock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Point Rock ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
Where Point Rock ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Point Rock
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Point Rock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,261, 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 Point Rock's effective rate of 1.25%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Point Rock
Point Rock 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 Point Rock.
Who works in Point Rock, and how
Work in Point Rock centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Point Rock
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Point Rock.
What the weather is like in Point Rock, month by month
Point Rock sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 59° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Point Rock
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 177 miles away.
The best schools in and around Point Rock
Schools across Point Rock average a B+, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Holland Patent Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Stokes Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Louis V Denti Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Holland Patent Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Adirondack Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Lyndon H Strough Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Holland Patent Central High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Adirondack High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Camden Senior High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Point Rock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Point Rock 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 Point Rock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Point Rock
Is Point Rock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Point Rock ranks 11,347th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, clean air, and low disaster risk, and lowest on cell coverage and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Point Rock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $151,045. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $80,261 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Point Rock safe?
Yes, Point Rock is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $138 per resident a year.
Compare Point Rock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Point Rock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Point Rock 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.
Point Rock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Point Rock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Point Rock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Point Rock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Point Rock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Point Rock 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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