Best PlacesStockade District, Kingston, NY Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Stockade District, Kingston, 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.

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Stockade District, Kingston ranks 2,573rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in Stockade District, Kingston

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Stockade District, Kingston area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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Stockade District, Kingston's strengths and weaknesses

Top 3%Fast internet
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Stockade District, Kingston with other neighborhoods.

Where Stockade District, Kingston ranks high

  • Internet speedBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
  • Heat safetyBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
  • School gradeB, better than 85% of neighborhoods
  • Air qualityBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
  • Tree shadeBetter than 83% of neighborhoods

Where Stockade District, Kingston ranks low

  • Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
  • Low property taxBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
  • State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
  • Low vacancyBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods

What it costs to buy a home in Stockade District, Kingston

A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stockade District, Kingston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $74,544, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$121,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$2,821
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $406,421 home
Median rent
$1,405
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$2,072
Property tax$614
Homeowners insurance$135

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 Stockade District, Kingston's effective rate of 1.81%, 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.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in Stockade District, Kingston

Stockade District, Kingston's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
41
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
19%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.2
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1813%
18 to 3428%
35 to 4922%
50 to 6418%
65 and older19%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Stockade District, Kingston.


Who works in Stockade District, Kingston, and how

Work in Stockade District, Kingston centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.

Work from home
14%
about the national average
Unemployment
2.6%
below the national average
Job growth
+0.1%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Retail trade13%
Health care & social12%
Education10%
Admin & support services9%
Hospitality & food8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 71%
  • Work from home 14%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 15%

Life in Stockade District, Kingston

Stockade District, Kingston has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Stockade District, Kingston and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
74
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 145.8 per 10,000 residents, more than 86% of neighborhoods
Coffee shops
8
about 15.8 per 10,000 residents, more than 85% of neighborhoods

What the weather is like in Stockade District, Kingston, month by month

Stockade District, Kingston sees roughly 99 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.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January37°28°21°
April61°48°38°
July85°73°62°
October65°53°44°

Flying in and out of Stockade District, Kingston

The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 69 miles away.

Nearest airport
SWF
New York Stewart International, about 30 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
209th-busiest in the US, 14 nonstop destinations
Average drive
43 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Stockade District, Kingston

Schools across Stockade District, Kingston average a B, better than 85% of neighborhoods.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stockade District, Kingston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


Stockade District, Kingston 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 Stockade District, Kingston against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.


Common questions about living in Stockade District, Kingston

Is Stockade District, Kingston a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stockade District, Kingston ranks 2,573rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, heat safety, and good schools, and lowest on an overheated housing market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Stockade District, Kingston expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $406,421. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $74,544 median income, cost of living beats 44% of neighborhoods.

Is Stockade District, Kingston safe?

Yes, Stockade District, Kingston is safer than 58% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $445 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stockade District, Kingston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stockade District, Kingston 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.

Stockade District, Kingston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Stockade District, Kingston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Stockade District, Kingston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Stockade District, Kingston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Stockade District, Kingston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Stockade District, Kingston detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.