Best PlacesWoodgate, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodgate, 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.
Woodgate ranks 16,476th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Woodgate
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.
Woodgate's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodgate ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
Where Woodgate ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodgate
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodgate home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,578, 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 Woodgate's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 Woodgate
Woodgate 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 Woodgate.
Who works in Woodgate, and how
Work in Woodgate centers on public administration and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Woodgate
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Woodgate.
What the weather is like in Woodgate, month by month
Woodgate sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 59° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Woodgate
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 167 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woodgate
Schools across Woodgate average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Remsen Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Boonville Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Adirondack Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Adirondack High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Remsen Junior-senior High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodgate school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodgate 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 Woodgate against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodgate
Is Woodgate a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodgate ranks 16,476th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, health care access, and a strong job market, and lowest on empty homes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woodgate expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $251,231. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $71,578 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Woodgate safe?
Woodgate is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $348 per resident a year.
Compare Woodgate with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodgate. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodgate 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.
Woodgate detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodgate: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodgate: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodgate: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodgate: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodgate 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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