Best PlacesBriarcliff Manor, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Briarcliff Manor, 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.
Briarcliff Manor ranks 779th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Briarcliff Manor
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.
Briarcliff Manor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Briarcliff Manor ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$219,925 median, better than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
Where Briarcliff Manor ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute36.1 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Briarcliff Manor
A household needs to earn about $286,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Briarcliff Manor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $219,925, 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 Briarcliff Manor's effective rate of 2.28%, 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 Briarcliff Manor
Briarcliff Manor runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Briarcliff Manor.
Who works in Briarcliff Manor, and how
Work in Briarcliff Manor centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 53%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Briarcliff Manor
Briarcliff Manor has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns and more parkland per resident than 95% of towns. The coast is about 20 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Briarcliff Manor and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Briarcliff Manor, month by month
Briarcliff Manor sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Briarcliff Manor
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 26 miles away.
The best schools in and around Briarcliff Manor
Schools across Briarcliff Manor average an A, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Todd Elementary SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Bedford Road SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Pocantico Hills Central SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Robert E Bell SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Briarcliff Middle SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Pleasantville Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
Top high schools
- Briarcliff High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Pleasantville High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Sleepy Hollow High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Briarcliff Manor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Briarcliff Manor 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 Briarcliff Manor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Briarcliff Manor
Is Briarcliff Manor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Briarcliff Manor ranks 779th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Briarcliff Manor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $910,376. The overall cost of living runs about 27% above the national average. Set against a $219,925 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Briarcliff Manor safe?
Yes, Briarcliff Manor is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
Compare Briarcliff Manor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Briarcliff Manor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Briarcliff Manor 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.
Briarcliff Manor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Briarcliff Manor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Briarcliff Manor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Briarcliff Manor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Briarcliff Manor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Briarcliff Manor 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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