Best PlacesBayport, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bayport, 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.
Bayport ranks 956th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bayport
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.
Bayport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bayport ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$161,554 median, better than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
Where Bayport ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bayport
A household needs to earn about $216,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bayport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $161,554, 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 Bayport's effective rate of 2.34%, 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 Bayport
Bayport runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bayport.
Who works in Bayport, and how
Work in Bayport centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Bayport
Bayport has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. The coast is about 22 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bayport and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bayport, month by month
Bayport sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Bayport
The nearest airport, Long Island MacArthur, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 39 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bayport
Schools across Bayport average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sylvan Avenue Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Academy Street Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Tamarac Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sayville Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Seneca Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- James Wilson Young Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top high schools
- Sayville High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Bayport-blue Point High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Sachem High School NorthA+ · 96% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bayport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bayport 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 Bayport against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bayport
Is Bayport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bayport ranks 956th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, fast internet, and high incomes, 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 Bayport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $682,747. The overall cost of living runs about 23% above the national average. Set against a $161,554 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Bayport safe?
Yes, Bayport is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $185 per resident a year.
Compare Bayport with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bayport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bayport 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.
Bayport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bayport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bayport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bayport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bayport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bayport 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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