Best Places10553, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 10553, 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.
10553 ranks 20,780th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 10553
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.
10553's strengths and weaknesses
Where 10553 ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 90% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of zip codes
Where 10553 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 4% of zip codes
- Short commute37.2 minutes each way, better than only 7% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 7% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 10553
A household needs to earn about $163,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 10553 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $92,497, 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 10553's effective rate of 2.17%, 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 10553
10553's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 10553.
Who works in 10553, and how
Work in 10553 centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 31%
Life in 10553
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 10553, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 10553, month by month
10553 sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 70° | 61° | 54° |
Flying in and out of 10553
Laguardia sits about 9 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 10553
Schools across 10553 average a C+, better than 53% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Hutchinson SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Edward Williams SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Graham SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pelham Middle SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Benjamin Turner Middle SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Pelham Memorial High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- Denzel Washington School-artsA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 10553 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
10553 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 10553 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 10553
Is 10553 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 10553 ranks 20,780th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on big-city access, cell coverage, and transit, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 10553 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $524,926. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $92,497 median income, cost of living beats 48% of zip codes.
Is 10553 safe?
10553 is safer than 28% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $419 per resident a year.
Compare 10553 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 10553. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 10553 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.
10553 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 10553: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 10553: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 10553: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 10553: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
10553 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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