Best PlacesBaldwin Place, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Baldwin Place, 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.
Baldwin Place ranks 158th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Baldwin Place
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.
Baldwin Place's strengths and weaknesses
Where Baldwin Place ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
Where Baldwin Place 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 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Baldwin Place
A household needs to earn about $231,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Baldwin Place home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $162,600, 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 Baldwin Place's effective rate of 2.18%, 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 Baldwin Place
Baldwin Place runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Baldwin Place.
Who works in Baldwin Place, and how
Work in Baldwin Place centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Baldwin Place
The coast is about 33 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Baldwin Place, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Baldwin Place, month by month
Baldwin Place 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 Baldwin Place
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 39 miles away.
The best schools in and around Baldwin Place
Schools across Baldwin Place average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Somers Intermediate SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- Somers Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Lakeland-copper Beech Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Lakeland High SchoolA+ · 96% proficient
- Somers Senior High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Baldwin Place school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Baldwin Place 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 Baldwin Place against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Baldwin Place
Is Baldwin Place a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Baldwin Place ranks 158th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, population health, 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 Baldwin Place expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $744,354. The overall cost of living runs about 23% above the national average. Set against a $162,600 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Baldwin Place safe?
Yes, Baldwin Place is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $191 per resident a year.
Compare Baldwin Place with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Baldwin Place. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Baldwin Place 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.
Baldwin Place detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Baldwin Place: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Baldwin Place: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Baldwin Place: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Baldwin Place: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Baldwin Place 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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