Best PlacesWhippleville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whippleville, 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.
Whippleville ranks 13,619th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Whippleville
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.
Whippleville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whippleville ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Short commute19.5 minutes each way, better than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
Where Whippleville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whippleville
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whippleville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,467, 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 Whippleville's effective rate of 2.10%, 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 Whippleville
Whippleville 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 Whippleville.
Who works in Whippleville, and how
Work in Whippleville centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Whippleville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Whippleville.
What the weather is like in Whippleville, month by month
Whippleville sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 17° | 7° |
| April | 53° | 39° | 26° |
| July | 80° | 66° | 51° |
| October | 59° | 46° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Whippleville
The nearest airport, Adirondack Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 213 miles away.
The best schools in and around Whippleville
Schools across Whippleville average a B−, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Davis Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Malone Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Franklin Academy High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whippleville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whippleville 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 Whippleville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whippleville
Is Whippleville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whippleville ranks 13,619th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, an educated workforce, and quiet, and lowest on property taxes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whippleville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $280,052. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $91,467 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Whippleville safe?
Yes, Whippleville is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $283 per resident a year.
Compare Whippleville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whippleville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whippleville 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.
Whippleville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whippleville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whippleville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whippleville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whippleville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whippleville 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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