Best PlacesPreston Hollow, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Preston Hollow, 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.
Preston Hollow ranks 20,764th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Preston Hollow
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.
Preston Hollow's strengths and weaknesses
Where Preston Hollow ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
Where Preston Hollow ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Preston Hollow
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Preston Hollow home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,129, 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 Preston Hollow's effective rate of 1.63%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Preston Hollow
Preston Hollow 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 Preston Hollow.
Who works in Preston Hollow, and how
Work in Preston Hollow centers on retail trade and construction. 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 Preston Hollow
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Preston Hollow.
What the weather is like in Preston Hollow, month by month
Preston Hollow sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 18° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Preston Hollow
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Preston Hollow
Schools across Preston Hollow average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Scott M Ellis Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Middleburgh Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Cairo-durham Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greenville Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Cairo-durham Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Cairo-durham High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Greenville High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Middleburgh Junior/senior High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Preston Hollow school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Preston Hollow 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 Preston Hollow against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Preston Hollow
Is Preston Hollow a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Preston Hollow ranks 20,764th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, low disaster risk, and clean air, and lowest on property taxes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Preston Hollow expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,878. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $83,129 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Preston Hollow safe?
Yes, Preston Hollow is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $234 per resident a year.
Compare Preston Hollow with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Preston Hollow. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Preston Hollow 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.
Preston Hollow detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Preston Hollow: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Preston Hollow: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Preston Hollow: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Preston Hollow: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Preston Hollow 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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