Best PlacesUpper Mohawk, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Upper Mohawk, 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.
Upper Mohawk ranks 1,407th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Upper Mohawk
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.
Upper Mohawk's strengths and weaknesses
Where Upper Mohawk ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$205,456 median, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
Where Upper Mohawk ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,439 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Upper Mohawk
A household needs to earn about $181,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Upper Mohawk home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $205,456, 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 Upper Mohawk's effective rate of 2.45%, 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.
Who lives in Upper Mohawk
Upper Mohawk's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Upper Mohawk.
Who works in Upper Mohawk, and how
Work in Upper Mohawk centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Upper Mohawk
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Upper Mohawk.
What the weather is like in Upper Mohawk, month by month
Upper Mohawk sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Upper Mohawk
Newark Liberty International sits about 36 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.5 million passengers in 2025, with 242 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Upper Mohawk
Schools across Upper Mohawk average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Helen Morgan SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Florence M. BurdC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Long Pond SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Sparta High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Newton High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Upper Mohawk school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Upper Mohawk 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 Upper Mohawk against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Upper Mohawk
Is Upper Mohawk a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Upper Mohawk ranks 1,407th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on property taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Upper Mohawk expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $566,384. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $205,456 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Upper Mohawk safe?
Yes, Upper Mohawk is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $104 per resident a year.
Compare Upper Mohawk with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Upper Mohawk. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Upper Mohawk 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.
Upper Mohawk detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Upper Mohawk: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Upper Mohawk: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Upper Mohawk: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Upper Mohawk: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Upper Mohawk 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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