Best PlacesWoodbourne, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodbourne, 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.
Woodbourne ranks 30,855th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Woodbourne
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.
Woodbourne's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodbourne ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 91% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
Where Woodbourne ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute42.3 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodbourne
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodbourne home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,212, 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 Woodbourne's effective rate of 2.38%, 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 Woodbourne
Woodbourne runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Woodbourne.
Who works in Woodbourne, and how
Work in Woodbourne centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Woodbourne
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Woodbourne.
What the weather is like in Woodbourne, month by month
Woodbourne sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Woodbourne
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woodbourne
Schools across Woodbourne average a B, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tri-valley Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Liberty Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Benjamin Cosor Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Tri-valley Secondary SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Fallsburg Junior Senior High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodbourne school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodbourne 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 Woodbourne against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodbourne
Is Woodbourne a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodbourne ranks 30,855th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on an overheated housing market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woodbourne expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,654. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $84,212 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Woodbourne safe?
Woodbourne is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $333 per resident a year.
Compare Woodbourne with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodbourne. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodbourne 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.
Woodbourne detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodbourne: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodbourne: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodbourne: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodbourne: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodbourne 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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