Best PlacesBronx, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bronx, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bronx ranks 349th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 11 minutes away. Its strengths are transit and walkability. The cost shows up in long commutes, the cost of living against local pay, and car insurance costs.
The best neighborhoods in Bronx
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.
The best areas in Bronx
The parts of Bronx, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
University Heights, Kings Bridge & Riverdale
More adults hold degrees, local pay stretches further, and incomes run higher.
Parkchester
Streets are more car-dependent and homes cost more.
Wakefield-Williamsbridge, Country Club & Baychester
Health care is easier to reach, though fewer households have young kids.
Bedford Park & Williamsbridge
Transit reaches more jobs.
Belmont, Bronxdale & West Farms
Unionport & Throgs Neck-Edgewater Park
Health outcomes score higher, though disaster risk is higher.
Soundview & Hunts Point
Biking is better.
South Bronx & Mott Haven
Fewer homes sit empty, though crime runs higher.
Morris Heights, Tremont & Highbridge
Fewer residents vote.
Bronx shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 4% of the country and others in the top 1%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Bronx's strengths and weaknesses
Bronx ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. Transit is the standout, in the top 1% of cities. Walkability and big-city access follow.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: long commutes, the cost of living against local pay, and car insurance costs all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Bronx ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of cities
- School gradeB+, better than 96% of cities
Where Bronx ranks low
- Short commute43.3 minutes each way, better than only 1% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of cities
- Household income$56,320 median, better than only 2% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Bronx
A household needs to earn about $143,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bronx 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'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
Bronx runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bronx.
Who works in Bronx, and how
Work in Bronx 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
Bronx has more parkland per resident than 80% of cities and less late-night activity than most cities. The coast is about 11 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bronx and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bronx, month by month
Bronx 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
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
Schools across Bronx average a B+, better than 96% of cities.
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 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bronx 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 against the other 444 cities.
Who Bronx 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
Is Bronx a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bronx ranks 349th of 445 cities. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bronx 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 0% of cities.
Is Bronx safe?
Yes, Bronx is safer than 73% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $325 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bronx?
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 21% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Bronx?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are University Heights, Kings Bridge & Riverdale, Parkchester, and Wakefield-Williamsbridge, Country Club & Baychester. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Bronx good for families?
Schools beat 96% of cities, crime safety beats 73%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Is Bronx good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 0% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 92% of cities. About 10% of workers already work from home.
Compare Bronx with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bronx. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bronx 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bronx: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bronx: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bronx: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bronx: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bronx 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.