Best PlacesSummitville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Summitville, 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.
Summitville ranks 13,127th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Summitville
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.
Summitville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Summitville ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Summitville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Summitville
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Summitville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,814, 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 Summitville's effective rate of 1.90%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Summitville
Summitville'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 Summitville.
Who works in Summitville, and how
Work in Summitville centers on health care & social and wholesale trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Summitville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Summitville.
What the weather is like in Summitville, month by month
Summitville sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Summitville
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Summitville
Schools across Summitville average a B+, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ellenville Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Benjamin Cosor Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Ellenville Junior/senior High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Fallsburg Junior Senior High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Summitville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Summitville 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 Summitville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Summitville
Is Summitville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Summitville ranks 13,127th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, big-city access, and tree cover, and lowest on property taxes 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 Summitville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $234,356. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $85,814 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Summitville safe?
Yes, Summitville is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $190 per resident a year.
Compare Summitville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Summitville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Summitville 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.
Summitville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Summitville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Summitville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Summitville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Summitville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Summitville 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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