Best PlacesSlateville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Slateville, 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.
Slateville ranks 15,066th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Slateville
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.
Slateville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Slateville ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
Where Slateville ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Slateville
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Slateville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,910, 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 Slateville's effective rate of 1.28%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Slateville
Slateville 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 Slateville.
Who works in Slateville, and how
Work in Slateville centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Slateville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Slateville.
What the weather is like in Slateville, month by month
Slateville sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 14° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 58° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Slateville
The nearest airport, Rutland/Southern Vermont Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Slateville
Schools across Slateville average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mary J Tanner Primary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Granville Elementary SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Granville Junior-senior High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Slateville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Slateville 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 Slateville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Slateville
Is Slateville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Slateville ranks 15,066th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, quiet, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage 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 Slateville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $206,559. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $73,910 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Slateville safe?
Yes, Slateville is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $213 per resident a year.
Compare Slateville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Slateville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Slateville 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.
Slateville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Slateville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Slateville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Slateville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Slateville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Slateville 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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