Best PlacesRuby Corner, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ruby Corner, 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.
Ruby Corner ranks 41,292nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ruby Corner
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.
Ruby Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ruby Corner ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 80% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 73% of towns
Where Ruby Corner ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ruby Corner
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ruby Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,417, 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 Ruby Corner's effective rate of 1.76%, 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 Ruby Corner
Ruby Corner 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 Ruby Corner.
Who works in Ruby Corner, and how
Work in Ruby Corner centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Ruby Corner
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ruby Corner.
What the weather is like in Ruby Corner, month by month
Ruby Corner sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 20° | 12° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 62° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Ruby Corner
The nearest airport, Ogdensburg International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 226 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ruby Corner
Schools across Ruby Corner average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gouverneur Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gouverneur Middle SchoolD · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ruby Corner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ruby Corner 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 Ruby Corner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ruby Corner
Is Ruby Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ruby Corner ranks 41,292nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low disaster risk, and heat safety, and lowest on health outcomes and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ruby Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $126,500. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $70,417 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Ruby Corner safe?
Ruby Corner is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $427 per resident a year.
Compare Ruby Corner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ruby Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ruby Corner 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.
Ruby Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ruby Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ruby Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ruby Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ruby Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ruby Corner 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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