Best PlacesRutsonville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rutsonville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rutsonville ranks 8,056th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rutsonville
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.
Rutsonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rutsonville ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Rutsonville ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rutsonville
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rutsonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $107,899; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Rutsonville's effective rate of 2.02%, 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 Rutsonville
Rutsonville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rutsonville.
Who works in Rutsonville, and how
Work in Rutsonville centers on hospitality & food and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Rutsonville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rutsonville.
What the weather is like in Rutsonville, month by month
Rutsonville sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Rutsonville
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rutsonville
Schools across Rutsonville average a B+, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ostrander Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- E J Russell Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Ellenville Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Paltz Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- John G Borden Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Crispell Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- New Paltz Senior High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- Wallkill Senior High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Pine Bush Senior High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rutsonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rutsonville 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 Rutsonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rutsonville
Is Rutsonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rutsonville ranks 8,056th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, tree cover, and an educated workforce, and lowest on an overheated housing market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rutsonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $376,576. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $107,899 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Rutsonville safe?
Yes, Rutsonville is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $209 per resident a year.
Compare Rutsonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rutsonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rutsonville 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.
Rutsonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rutsonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rutsonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rutsonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rutsonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rutsonville 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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