Best PlacesBronx County, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Bronx County, 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.
Bronx County ranks 1,623rd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 11 minutes away. Its strengths are walkability and transit. The cost shows up in car insurance costs, taxes, and civic engagement.
The best neighborhoods in Bronx County
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.
Bronx County's strengths and weaknesses
Bronx County lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Walkability is the standout, in the top 1% of counties. Transit and big-city access follow.
The one real hole is car insurance costs, near the bottom of the country. Taxes and civic engagement also cost it ground. Cost swings more from one part of Bronx County to another than it does between Bronx County and its neighbors, which the map below shows.
Where Bronx County ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of counties
- TransitBetter than 99% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of counties
- BikingBetter than 98% of counties
Where Bronx County ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of counties
- Short commute43.3 minutes each way, better than only 1% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 1% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Bronx County
A household needs to earn about $143,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bronx County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $56,320, 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 Bronx County's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 Bronx County
Bronx County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bronx County.
Who works in Bronx County, and how
Work in Bronx County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 27%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 62%
Life in Bronx County
Bronx County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. The coast is about 11 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bronx County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Bronx County growing, and who is moving in?
Bronx County has lost about 3% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the New York, NY metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Bronx County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Bronx County, month by month
Bronx County sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 70° | 61° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Bronx County
Laguardia sits about 5 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 118 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bronx County
Schools across Bronx County average a B+, better than 95% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Ps 24 Spuyten DuyvilA+ · 85% proficient
- Active Learning Elementary School (the)A+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ms 101 Edward R ByrneA · 60% proficient
- Jonas Bronck AcademyA− · 58% proficient
- Science And Technology Academy: A Mott Hall SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Bronx High School Of Science (the)A+ · 100% proficient
- Brooklyn College AcademyA+ · 98% proficient
- Fordham High School For The ArtsA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bronx County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bronx County 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 Bronx County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Bronx County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Bronx County
Is Bronx County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bronx County ranks 1,623rd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and big-city access, and lowest on car insurance costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bronx County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $553,924. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $56,320 median income, cost of living beats 1% of counties.
Is Bronx County safe?
Yes, Bronx County is safer than 63% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $325 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bronx County?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 29. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 20% of counties.
Is Bronx County good for families?
Schools beat 95% of counties, crime safety beats 63%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Is Bronx County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 1% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 97% of counties. About 10% of workers already work from home.
Compare Bronx County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bronx County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bronx County 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.
Bronx County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bronx County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bronx County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bronx County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bronx County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bronx County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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