Best PlacesAmagansett, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Amagansett, 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.
Amagansett ranks 18,167th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Amagansett
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.
Amagansett's strengths and weaknesses
Where Amagansett ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$142,883 median, better than 97% of towns
Where Amagansett ranks low
- Short commute58.3 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Amagansett
A household needs to earn about $418,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Amagansett home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $142,883, 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 Amagansett's effective rate of 0.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Amagansett
Amagansett runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Amagansett.
Who works in Amagansett, and how
Work in Amagansett centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 30%
- Work from home 53%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Amagansett
Amagansett has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 1 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Amagansett and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Amagansett, month by month
Amagansett sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Amagansett
The nearest airport, Westerly State, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around Amagansett
Schools across Amagansett average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Amagansett SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- John M Marshall Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Montauk SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Hampton Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- East Hampton High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Amagansett school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Amagansett 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 Amagansett against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Amagansett
Is Amagansett a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Amagansett ranks 18,167th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and fast internet, and lowest on long commutes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Amagansett expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,686,249. The overall cost of living runs about 117% above the national average. Set against a $142,883 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Amagansett safe?
Amagansett is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $513 per resident a year.
Compare Amagansett with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Amagansett. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Amagansett 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.
Amagansett detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Amagansett: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Amagansett: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Amagansett: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Amagansett: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Amagansett 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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