Best PlacesWest Conesville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around West Conesville, 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.
West Conesville ranks 21,385th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in West Conesville
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.
West Conesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where West Conesville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
Where West Conesville ranks low
- Short commute39.4 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% 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 West Conesville
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median West Conesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,823, 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 West Conesville's effective rate of 1.25%, 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 West Conesville
West Conesville 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 West Conesville.
Who works in West Conesville, and how
Work in West Conesville centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in West Conesville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across West Conesville.
What the weather is like in West Conesville, month by month
West Conesville sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 57° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 62° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of West Conesville
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 94 miles away.
The best schools in and around West Conesville
Schools across West Conesville average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top high schools
- Gilboa-conesville Central SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every West Conesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
West Conesville 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 West Conesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in West Conesville
Is West Conesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, West Conesville ranks 21,385th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low crime, and quiet, 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 West Conesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,590. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $68,823 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is West Conesville safe?
Yes, West Conesville is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $164 per resident a year.
Compare West Conesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to West Conesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in West Conesville 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.
West Conesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for West Conesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in West Conesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of West Conesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in West Conesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
West Conesville 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.