Best Places10801, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 10801, 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.
10801 ranks 7,906th 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 10801
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.
10801's strengths and weaknesses
Where 10801 ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of zip codes
- School gradeA, better than 95% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of zip codes
Where 10801 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 7% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 10801
A household needs to earn about $178,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 10801 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $107,181, 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 10801's effective rate of 1.85%, 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 10801
10801's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 10801.
Who works in 10801, and how
Work in 10801 centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 28%
Life in 10801
10801 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 68% of zip codes. The coast is about 2 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 10801 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 10801, month by month
10801 sees roughly 68 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 10801
Laguardia sits about 11 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 10801
Schools across 10801 average an A, better than 95% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Murray Avenue SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Chatsworth Avenue SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Colonial SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pelham Middle SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Hommocks SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Bell AcademyA+ · 78% proficient
Top high schools
- Pelham Memorial High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- Mamaroneck High SchoolA+ · 96% proficient
- Tuckahoe High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 10801 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
10801 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 10801 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 10801 suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in 10801
Is 10801 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 10801 ranks 7,906th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, and good schools, and lowest on car insurance costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 10801 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $596,525. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $107,181 median income, cost of living beats 69% of zip codes.
Is 10801 safe?
10801 is safer than 34% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $385 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 10801?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 29. That works out to about 68 pleasant days a year, more than 21% of zip codes.
Is 10801 good for families?
Schools beat 95% of zip codes, crime safety beats 34%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare 10801 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 10801. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 10801 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.
10801 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 10801: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 10801: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 10801: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 10801: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
10801 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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