Best PlacesThendara, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thendara, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Thendara ranks 28,372nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Thendara
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.
Thendara's strengths and weaknesses
Where Thendara ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of towns
Where Thendara ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Thendara
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thendara home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $74,873, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Thendara's effective rate of 0.89%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Thendara
Thendara 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 Thendara.
Who works in Thendara, and how
Work in Thendara centers on construction and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Thendara
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Thendara.
What the weather is like in Thendara, month by month
Thendara sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 59° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Thendara
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 169 miles away.
The best schools in and around Thendara
Schools across Thendara average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lowville Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lowville Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Lowville High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thendara school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thendara 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 Thendara against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Thendara
Is Thendara a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thendara ranks 28,372nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, tree cover, and clean air, and lowest on the weather and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Thendara expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $323,812. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $74,873 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Thendara safe?
Thendara is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $476 per resident a year.
Compare Thendara with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thendara. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thendara 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.
Thendara detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thendara: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thendara: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thendara: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thendara: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thendara 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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