Best PlacesVoorheesville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Voorheesville, 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.
Voorheesville ranks 1,297th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Voorheesville
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.
Voorheesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Voorheesville ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
Where Voorheesville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Voorheesville
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Voorheesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $115,560, 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 Voorheesville's effective rate of 1.64%, 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 Voorheesville
Voorheesville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Voorheesville.
Who works in Voorheesville, and how
Work in Voorheesville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Voorheesville
Voorheesville has more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Voorheesville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Voorheesville, month by month
Voorheesville sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 18° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Voorheesville
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 81 miles away.
The best schools in and around Voorheesville
Schools across Voorheesville average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Voorheesville Elementary SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Guilderland Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Berne-knox-westerlo Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Voorheesville Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Farnsworth Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Greenville Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Clayton A Bouton High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Guilderland High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Greenville High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Voorheesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Voorheesville 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 Voorheesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Voorheesville
Is Voorheesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Voorheesville ranks 1,297th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, health care access, and transit, 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 Voorheesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $359,120. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $115,560 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Voorheesville safe?
Yes, Voorheesville is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $203 per resident a year.
Compare Voorheesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Voorheesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Voorheesville 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.
Voorheesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Voorheesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Voorheesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Voorheesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Voorheesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Voorheesville 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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