Best PlacesWillsboro, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Willsboro, 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.
Willsboro ranks 20,255th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Willsboro
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.
Willsboro's strengths and weaknesses
Where Willsboro ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 82% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
Where Willsboro ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Willsboro
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Willsboro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,283, 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 Willsboro's effective rate of 1.42%, 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 Willsboro
Willsboro 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 Willsboro.
Who works in Willsboro, and how
Work in Willsboro centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Willsboro
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Willsboro.
What the weather is like in Willsboro, month by month
Willsboro 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 Willsboro
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 172 miles away.
The best schools in and around Willsboro
Schools across Willsboro average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lake View CampusA− · 60% proficient
- Ausable Forks Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Keeseville Primary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ausable Valley Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Ausable Valley High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Mountain View CampusA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Willsboro school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Willsboro 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 Willsboro against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Willsboro
Is Willsboro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Willsboro ranks 20,255th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, good schools, and tree cover, and lowest on an overheated housing market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Willsboro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $213,625. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $83,283 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Willsboro safe?
Yes, Willsboro is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $240 per resident a year.
Compare Willsboro with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Willsboro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Willsboro 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.
Willsboro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Willsboro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Willsboro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Willsboro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Willsboro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Willsboro 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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