Best PlacesRodman, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rodman, 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.
Rodman ranks 10,115th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rodman
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.
Rodman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rodman ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
Where Rodman ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas 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 Rodman
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rodman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,081, 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 Rodman's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rodman
Rodman's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rodman.
Who works in Rodman, and how
Work in Rodman centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Rodman
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rodman.
What the weather is like in Rodman, month by month
Rodman sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 23° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Rodman
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 210 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rodman
Schools across Rodman average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Maynard P Wilson Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clarke Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- South Jefferson High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rodman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rodman 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 Rodman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rodman
Is Rodman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rodman ranks 10,115th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and low crime, and lowest on a weak job market 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 Rodman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,191. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $84,081 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Rodman safe?
Yes, Rodman is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $162 per resident a year.
Compare Rodman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rodman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rodman 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.
Rodman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rodman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rodman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rodman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rodman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rodman 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.