Best PlacesAirmont, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Airmont, 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.
Airmont ranks 19,147th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Airmont
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.
Airmont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Airmont ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
Where Airmont ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Airmont
A household needs to earn about $206,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Airmont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $100,777, 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 Airmont's effective rate of 2.03%, 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 Airmont
Airmont runs younger 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 Airmont.
Who works in Airmont, and how
Work in Airmont centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Airmont
Airmont has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. The coast is about 33 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Airmont and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Airmont, month by month
Airmont sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Airmont
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 25 miles away.
The best schools in and around Airmont
Schools across Airmont average a B, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cherry Lane Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Montebello Road SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Suffern Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Chestnut Ridge Middle SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Suffern Senior High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- Spring Valley High SchoolA · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Airmont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Airmont 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 Airmont against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Airmont
Is Airmont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Airmont ranks 19,147th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, 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 Airmont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $675,378. The overall cost of living runs about 27% above the national average. Set against a $100,777 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Airmont safe?
Airmont is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $402 per resident a year.
Compare Airmont with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Airmont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Airmont 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.
Airmont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Airmont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Airmont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Airmont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Airmont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Airmont 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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