Best Places10029, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 10029, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
10029 ranks 15,618th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 10029
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.
10029's strengths and weaknesses
Where 10029 ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 98% of zip codes
Where 10029 ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 10029
A household needs to earn about $292,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 10029 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $52,218, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 10029's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 10029
10029's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 10029.
Who works in 10029, and how
Work in 10029 centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 10%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 72%
Life in 10029
10029 has more late-night spots per resident than 75% of zip codes. The coast is about 18 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of 10029 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 10029, month by month
10029 sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 69° | 60° | 52° |
Flying in and out of 10029
Laguardia sits about 4 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 118 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 10029
Schools across 10029 average a B+, better than 91% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Success Academy Charter School-harlem 3A+ · 98% proficient
- Tag Young ScholarsA+ · 93% proficient
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ms 224 Manhattan East School For Arts & AcademicsA+ · 75% proficient
- Knowledge And Power Preparatory Academy ViC− · 28% proficient
- Isaac Newton Middle School For Math And ScienceD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Manhattan Center For Science & MathematicsA+ · 98% proficient
- Park East High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Central Park East High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 10029 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
10029 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 10029 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 10029 suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in 10029
Is 10029 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 10029 ranks 15,618th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on big-city access, walkability, and transit, and lowest on taxes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 10029 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,168,074. The overall cost of living runs about 69% above the national average. Set against a $52,218 median income, cost of living beats 3% of zip codes.
Is 10029 safe?
10029 is safer than 28% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $434 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 10029?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 28. That works out to about 75 pleasant days a year, more than 36% of zip codes.
Is 10029 good for families?
Schools beat 91% of zip codes, crime safety beats 28%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Compare 10029 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 10029. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 10029 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.
10029 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 10029: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 10029: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 10029: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 10029: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
10029 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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