Best PlacesStuyvesant Falls, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stuyvesant Falls, 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.
Stuyvesant Falls ranks 8,309th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Stuyvesant Falls
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.
Stuyvesant Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Stuyvesant Falls ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
Where Stuyvesant Falls ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stuyvesant Falls
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stuyvesant Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,681, 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 Stuyvesant Falls' effective rate of 1.55%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stuyvesant Falls
Stuyvesant Falls's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Stuyvesant Falls.
Who works in Stuyvesant Falls, and how
Work in Stuyvesant Falls centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Stuyvesant Falls
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Stuyvesant Falls.
What the weather is like in Stuyvesant Falls, month by month
Stuyvesant Falls sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Stuyvesant Falls
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stuyvesant Falls
Schools across Stuyvesant Falls average an A−, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- 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
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stuyvesant Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stuyvesant Falls 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 Stuyvesant Falls against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stuyvesant Falls
Is Stuyvesant Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stuyvesant Falls ranks 8,309th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and heat safety, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stuyvesant Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $278,078. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $102,681 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Stuyvesant Falls safe?
Yes, Stuyvesant Falls is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $153 per resident a year.
Compare Stuyvesant Falls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stuyvesant Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stuyvesant Falls 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.
Stuyvesant Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stuyvesant Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stuyvesant Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stuyvesant Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stuyvesant Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stuyvesant Falls 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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