Best PlacesSliters, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sliters, 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.
Sliters ranks 2,004th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sliters
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.
Sliters' strengths and weaknesses
Where Sliters ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$128,328 median, better than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
Where Sliters ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sliters
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sliters home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $128,328, 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 Sliters' effective rate of 2.00%, 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 Sliters
Sliters runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sliters.
Who works in Sliters, and how
Work in Sliters centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sliters
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sliters.
What the weather is like in Sliters, month by month
Sliters sees roughly 70 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 Sliters
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sliters
Schools across Sliters average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Sand Lake Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Miller Hill SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Green Meadow SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Howard L Goff SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Algonquin Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Averill Park High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- Columbia High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sliters school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sliters 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 Sliters against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sliters
Is Sliters a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sliters ranks 2,004th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sliters expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $392,601. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $128,328 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Sliters safe?
Yes, Sliters is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $134 per resident a year.
Compare Sliters with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sliters. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sliters 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.
Sliters detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sliters: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sliters: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sliters: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sliters: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sliters 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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