Best PlacesVictory Mills, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Victory Mills, 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.
Victory Mills ranks 3,326th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Victory Mills
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.
Victory Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Victory Mills ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
Where Victory Mills ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,239 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Victory Mills
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Victory Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,001, 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 Victory Mills' effective rate of 1.63%, 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 Victory Mills
Victory Mills's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Victory Mills.
Who works in Victory Mills, and how
Work in Victory Mills centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Victory Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Victory Mills.
What the weather is like in Victory Mills, month by month
Victory Mills sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 14° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 58° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Victory Mills
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 91 miles away.
The best schools in and around Victory Mills
Schools across Victory Mills average an A, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Schuylerville Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Greenwich Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Schuylerville Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Greenwich Junior-senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Schuylerville High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Victory Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Victory Mills 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 Victory Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Victory Mills
Is Victory Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Victory Mills ranks 3,326th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Victory Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,588. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $92,001 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Victory Mills safe?
Yes, Victory Mills is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $142 per resident a year.
Compare Victory Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Victory Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Victory Mills 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.
Victory Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Victory Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Victory Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Victory Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Victory Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Victory Mills 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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