Best PlacesBurlingham, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Burlingham, 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.
Burlingham ranks 3,379th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Burlingham
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.
Burlingham's strengths and weaknesses
Where Burlingham ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$121,574 median, better than 93% of towns
Where Burlingham ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Burlingham
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Burlingham home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $121,574, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Burlingham's effective rate of 2.00%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Burlingham
Burlingham runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Burlingham.
Who works in Burlingham, and how
Work in Burlingham centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Burlingham
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Burlingham.
What the weather is like in Burlingham, month by month
Burlingham sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Burlingham
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Burlingham
Schools across Burlingham average a B, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Emma C Chase SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Pine Bush Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crispell Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Circleville Middle SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Pine Bush Senior High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Burlingham school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Burlingham 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 Burlingham against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Burlingham
Is Burlingham a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Burlingham ranks 3,379th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, big-city access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on property taxes 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 Burlingham expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $297,929. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $121,574 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Burlingham safe?
Yes, Burlingham is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $144 per resident a year.
Compare Burlingham with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Burlingham. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Burlingham 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.
Burlingham detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Burlingham: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Burlingham: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Burlingham: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Burlingham: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Burlingham 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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