Best PlacesAmawalk, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Amawalk, 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.
Amawalk ranks 830th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Amawalk
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.
Amawalk's strengths and weaknesses
Where Amawalk ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$188,524 median, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
Where Amawalk ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute37.0 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Amawalk
A household needs to earn about $220,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Amawalk home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $188,524, 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 Amawalk's effective rate of 2.14%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Amawalk
Amawalk runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Amawalk.
Who works in Amawalk, and how
Work in Amawalk centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Amawalk
The coast is about 31 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Amawalk, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Amawalk, month by month
Amawalk sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 21° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Amawalk
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 38 miles away.
The best schools in and around Amawalk
Schools across Amawalk average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Somers Intermediate SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
Top middle schools
- Somers Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Somers Senior High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Amawalk school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Amawalk 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 Amawalk against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Amawalk
Is Amawalk a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Amawalk ranks 830th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, high incomes, and big-city access, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Amawalk expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $710,221. The overall cost of living runs about 23% above the national average. Set against a $188,524 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Amawalk safe?
Yes, Amawalk is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $181 per resident a year.
Compare Amawalk with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Amawalk. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Amawalk 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.
Amawalk detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Amawalk: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Amawalk: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Amawalk: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Amawalk: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Amawalk 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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