Best PlacesBlue Point, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Blue Point, 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.
Blue Point ranks 2,824th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Blue Point
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.
Blue Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Blue Point ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
Where Blue Point ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Short commute40.4 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Blue Point
A household needs to earn about $186,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Blue Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $143,716, 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 Blue Point's effective rate of 1.91%, 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 Blue Point
Blue Point 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 Blue Point.
Who works in Blue Point, and how
Work in Blue Point centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Blue Point
Blue Point has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of towns. The coast is about 20 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Blue Point and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Blue Point, month by month
Blue Point 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 Blue Point
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 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Blue Point
Schools across Blue Point average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sylvan Avenue Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Blue Point Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Bay Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Ocean Middle SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- James Wilson Young Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top high schools
- Bayport-blue Point High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Patchogue-medford High SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Blue Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Blue Point 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 Blue Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Blue Point
Is Blue Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Blue Point ranks 2,824th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, good schools, and transit, and lowest on an overheated housing market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Blue Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $619,238. The overall cost of living runs about 27% above the national average. Set against a $143,716 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Blue Point safe?
Yes, Blue Point is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $214 per resident a year.
Compare Blue Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Blue Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Blue Point 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.
Blue Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Blue Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Blue Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Blue Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Blue Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Blue Point 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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