Best PlacesUpper Mongaup, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Upper Mongaup, 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 Mongaup ranks 10,899th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Upper Mongaup
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 Mongaup's strengths and weaknesses
Where Upper Mongaup ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
Where Upper Mongaup ranks low
- Short commute39.2 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Upper Mongaup
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Upper Mongaup home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $101,358, 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 Mongaup's effective rate of 1.53%, 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 Upper Mongaup
Upper Mongaup runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Upper Mongaup.
Who works in Upper Mongaup, and how
Work in Upper Mongaup centers on transportation & warehousing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Upper Mongaup
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Upper Mongaup.
What the weather is like in Upper Mongaup, month by month
Upper Mongaup sees roughly 70 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 Upper Mongaup
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Upper Mongaup
Schools across Upper Mongaup average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- N A Hamilton Bicentennial SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- George Ross Mackenzie Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Kenneth L Rutherford SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Port Jervis Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Robert J Kaiser Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Port Jervis Senior High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Monticello High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Eldred Junior-senior High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Upper Mongaup school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Upper Mongaup 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 Mongaup against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Upper Mongaup
Is Upper Mongaup a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Upper Mongaup ranks 10,899th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, fast internet, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes 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 Upper Mongaup expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $300,952. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $101,358 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Upper Mongaup safe?
Yes, Upper Mongaup is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $196 per resident a year.
Compare Upper Mongaup with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Upper Mongaup. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Upper Mongaup 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 Mongaup detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Upper Mongaup: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Upper Mongaup: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Upper Mongaup: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Upper Mongaup: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Upper Mongaup 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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