Best PlacesSchodack Landing, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Schodack Landing, 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.
Schodack Landing ranks 7,162nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Schodack Landing
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.
Schodack Landing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Schodack Landing ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
Where Schodack Landing ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Schodack Landing
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Schodack Landing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $105,952, 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 Schodack Landing's effective rate of 1.74%, 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 Schodack Landing
Schodack Landing 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 Schodack Landing.
Who works in Schodack Landing, and how
Work in Schodack Landing centers on education and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Schodack Landing
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Schodack Landing.
What the weather is like in Schodack Landing, month by month
Schodack Landing sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 18° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Schodack Landing
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Schodack Landing
Schools across Schodack Landing average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Castleton Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Ichabod Crane Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ichabod Crane Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Ichabod Crane Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Maple Hill Junior/senior High SchoolA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Schodack Landing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Schodack Landing 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 Schodack Landing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Schodack Landing
Is Schodack Landing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Schodack Landing ranks 7,162nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low crime, and health care access, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Schodack Landing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $302,159. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $105,952 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Schodack Landing safe?
Yes, Schodack Landing is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $155 per resident a year.
Compare Schodack Landing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Schodack Landing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Schodack Landing 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.
Schodack Landing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Schodack Landing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Schodack Landing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Schodack Landing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Schodack Landing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Schodack Landing 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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