Best PlacesWhallonsburg, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whallonsburg, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Whallonsburg ranks 26,007th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Whallonsburg
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.
Whallonsburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whallonsburg ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Whallonsburg ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whallonsburg
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whallonsburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,936, 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 Whallonsburg's effective rate of 1.47%, 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 Whallonsburg
Whallonsburg 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 Whallonsburg.
Who works in Whallonsburg, and how
Work in Whallonsburg centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Whallonsburg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Whallonsburg.
What the weather is like in Whallonsburg, month by month
Whallonsburg sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 35° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Whallonsburg
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 164 miles away.
The best schools in and around Whallonsburg
Schools across Whallonsburg average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lake View CampusA− · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Mountain View CampusA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whallonsburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whallonsburg 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 Whallonsburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whallonsburg
Is Whallonsburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whallonsburg ranks 26,007th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, health care access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on cell coverage and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whallonsburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $255,499. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $73,936 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Whallonsburg safe?
Yes, Whallonsburg is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $207 per resident a year.
Compare Whallonsburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whallonsburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whallonsburg 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.
Whallonsburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whallonsburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whallonsburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whallonsburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whallonsburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whallonsburg 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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