Best Places11042, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 11042, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
11042 ranks 5,295th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 11042
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.
11042's strengths and weaknesses
Where 11042 ranks high
- Household income$243,816 median, better than 99% of zip codes
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of zip codes
Where 11042 ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of zip codes
- Short commute38.4 minutes each way, better than only 6% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 11042
A household needs to earn about $458,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 11042 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $243,816, 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 11042's effective rate of 1.49%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in 11042
11042 runs older than the country, 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 11042.
Who works in 11042, and how
Work in 11042 centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 56%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 27%
Life in 11042
The coast is about 12 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 11042, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 11042, month by month
11042 sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 43° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 70° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of 11042
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 11042
Schools across 11042 average an A+, better than 99% of zip codes.
Top middle schools
- Great Neck South Middle SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
Top high schools
- Great Neck South High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 11042 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
11042 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 11042 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 11042
Is 11042 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 11042 ranks 5,295th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on high incomes, good schools, and big-city access, and lowest on noise 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 11042 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,602,300. The overall cost of living runs about 58% above the national average. Set against a $243,816 median income, cost of living beats 98% of zip codes.
Is 11042 safe?
11042 is safer than 4% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $802 per resident a year.
Compare 11042 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 11042. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 11042 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.
11042 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 11042: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 11042: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 11042: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 11042: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
11042 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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