Best PlacesSackets Harbor, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sackets Harbor, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sackets Harbor ranks 7,378th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sackets Harbor
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.
Sackets Harbor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sackets Harbor ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
Where Sackets Harbor ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% 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 Sackets Harbor
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sackets Harbor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,586, 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 Sackets Harbor's effective rate of 1.59%, 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 Sackets Harbor
Sackets Harbor 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 Sackets Harbor.
Who works in Sackets Harbor, and how
Work in Sackets Harbor centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sackets Harbor
Sackets Harbor has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Sackets Harbor and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sackets Harbor, month by month
Sackets Harbor sees roughly 71 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 Sackets Harbor
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 222 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sackets Harbor
Schools across Sackets Harbor average an A−, better than 86% 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
- General Brown Junior-senior High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sackets Harbor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sackets Harbor 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 Sackets Harbor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sackets Harbor
Is Sackets Harbor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sackets Harbor ranks 7,378th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and clean air, and lowest on property taxes 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 Sackets Harbor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $284,304. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $86,586 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Sackets Harbor safe?
Yes, Sackets Harbor is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $205 per resident a year.
Compare Sackets Harbor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sackets Harbor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sackets Harbor 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.
Sackets Harbor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sackets Harbor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sackets Harbor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sackets Harbor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sackets Harbor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sackets Harbor 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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