Best PlacesRouses Point, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rouses Point, 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.
Rouses Point ranks 39,990th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rouses Point
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.
Rouses Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rouses Point ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 89% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 82% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
Where Rouses Point ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$47,951 median, better than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rouses Point
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rouses Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $47,951, 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 Rouses Point's effective rate of 1.89%, 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 Rouses Point
Rouses Point 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 Rouses Point.
Who works in Rouses Point, and how
Work in Rouses Point centers on education and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Rouses Point
Rouses Point has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Rouses Point and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rouses Point, month by month
Rouses Point sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 22° | 12° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Rouses Point
The nearest airport, Plattsburgh International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 213 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rouses Point
Schools across Rouses Point average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rouses Point Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northeastern Clinton Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Beekmantown High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Northern Adirondack Middle/high SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rouses Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rouses Point 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 Rouses Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rouses Point
Is Rouses Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rouses Point ranks 39,990th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and good schools, and lowest on property taxes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rouses Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $186,014. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $47,951 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Rouses Point safe?
Rouses Point is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $395 per resident a year.
Compare Rouses Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rouses Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rouses Point 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.
Rouses Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rouses Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rouses Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rouses Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rouses Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rouses Point 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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