Best PlacesBridgehampton, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bridgehampton, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bridgehampton ranks 7,337th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bridgehampton
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.
Bridgehampton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bridgehampton ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$160,078 median, better than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
Where Bridgehampton ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bridgehampton
A household needs to earn about $430,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bridgehampton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $160,078, 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 Bridgehampton's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 Bridgehampton
Bridgehampton runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bridgehampton.
Who works in Bridgehampton, and how
Work in Bridgehampton centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 23%
- Work from home 48%
- Transit, walk, or bike 29%
Life in Bridgehampton
Bridgehampton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns. The coast is about 5 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bridgehampton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bridgehampton, month by month
Bridgehampton sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Bridgehampton
The nearest airport, Tweed/New Haven, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bridgehampton
Schools across Bridgehampton average an A−, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sag Harbor Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southampton Intermediate SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Southampton High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bridgehampton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bridgehampton 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 Bridgehampton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bridgehampton
Is Bridgehampton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bridgehampton ranks 7,337th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, civic engagement, and high incomes, and lowest on childcare costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bridgehampton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,752,578. The overall cost of living runs about 118% above the national average. Set against a $160,078 median income, cost of living beats 53% of towns.
Is Bridgehampton safe?
Bridgehampton is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $631 per resident a year.
Compare Bridgehampton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bridgehampton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bridgehampton 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.
Bridgehampton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bridgehampton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bridgehampton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bridgehampton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bridgehampton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bridgehampton 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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