Best PlacesShokan, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shokan, 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.
Shokan ranks 6,851st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Shokan
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.
Shokan's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shokan ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$128,604 median, better than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
Where Shokan ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% 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 Shokan
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shokan home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $128,604, 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 Shokan's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Shokan
Shokan 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 Shokan.
Who works in Shokan, and how
Work in Shokan centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Shokan
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shokan.
What the weather is like in Shokan, month by month
Shokan sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Shokan
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shokan
Schools across Shokan average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Woodstock Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Ernest C Myer SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Marbletown Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Reginald Bennett Elementary SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Onteora Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Onteora High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shokan school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shokan 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 Shokan against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shokan
Is Shokan a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shokan ranks 6,851st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, health care access, and high incomes, and lowest on a weak job market and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shokan expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $315,797. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $128,604 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Shokan safe?
Shokan is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $307 per resident a year.
Compare Shokan with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shokan. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shokan 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.
Shokan detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shokan: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shokan: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shokan: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shokan: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shokan 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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