Best PlacesWoodridge, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodridge, 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.
Woodridge ranks 27,188th 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 Woodridge
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.
Woodridge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodridge ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
- BikingBetter than 87% of towns
Where Woodridge ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodridge
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodridge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,273, 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 Woodridge's effective rate of 2.36%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Woodridge
Woodridge runs younger 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 Woodridge.
Who works in Woodridge, and how
Work in Woodridge centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Woodridge
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Woodridge.
What the weather is like in Woodridge, month by month
Woodridge 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 Woodridge
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 73 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woodridge
Schools across Woodridge average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Benjamin Cosor Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Fallsburg Junior Senior High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodridge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodridge 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 Woodridge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodridge
Is Woodridge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodridge ranks 27,188th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on property taxes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woodridge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $206,789. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $78,273 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Woodridge safe?
Woodridge is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $383 per resident a year.
Compare Woodridge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodridge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodridge 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.
Woodridge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodridge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodridge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodridge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodridge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodridge 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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