Best PlacesPutnam Station, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Putnam Station, 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.
Putnam Station ranks 25,243rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Putnam Station
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.
Putnam Station's strengths and weaknesses
Where Putnam Station ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 84% of towns
Where Putnam Station ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Putnam Station
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Putnam Station home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,134, 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 Putnam Station's effective rate of 1.40%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Putnam Station
Putnam Station 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 Putnam Station.
Who works in Putnam Station, and how
Work in Putnam Station centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Putnam Station
Putnam Station has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Putnam Station and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Putnam Station, month by month
Putnam Station sees roughly 72 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 Putnam Station
The nearest airport, Rutland/Southern Vermont Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 131 miles away.
The best schools in and around Putnam Station
Schools across Putnam Station average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Putnam Central SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- 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 Putnam Station school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Putnam Station 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 Putnam Station against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Putnam Station
Is Putnam Station a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Putnam Station ranks 25,243rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, clean air, and tree cover, and lowest on a weak job market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Putnam Station expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $261,724. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $91,134 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Putnam Station safe?
Putnam Station is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $295 per resident a year.
Compare Putnam Station with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Putnam Station. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Putnam Station 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.
Putnam Station detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Putnam Station: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Putnam Station: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Putnam Station: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Putnam Station: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Putnam Station 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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