Best PlacesTurnwood, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Turnwood, 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.
Turnwood ranks 22,132nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Turnwood
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.
Turnwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Turnwood ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
Where Turnwood ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Turnwood
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Turnwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $82,720, 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 Turnwood's effective rate of 1.47%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Turnwood
Turnwood 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 Turnwood.
Who works in Turnwood, and how
Work in Turnwood centers on public administration and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Turnwood
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Turnwood.
What the weather is like in Turnwood, month by month
Turnwood sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Turnwood
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Turnwood
Schools across Turnwood average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Livingston Manor Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Livingston Manor High SchoolA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Turnwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Turnwood 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 Turnwood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Turnwood
Is Turnwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Turnwood ranks 22,132nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, health care access, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Turnwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $326,600. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $82,720 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Turnwood safe?
Yes, Turnwood is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.
Compare Turnwood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Turnwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Turnwood 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.
Turnwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Turnwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Turnwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Turnwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Turnwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Turnwood 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.