Best PlacesCalverton, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Calverton, 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.
Calverton ranks 15,852nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Calverton
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.
Calverton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Calverton ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Calverton ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Calverton
A household needs to earn about $134,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Calverton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,563, 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 Calverton's effective rate of 1.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Calverton
Calverton runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Calverton.
Who works in Calverton, and how
Work in Calverton centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Calverton
Calverton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns. The coast is about 5 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Calverton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Calverton, month by month
Calverton sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 22° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Calverton
The nearest airport, Long Island MacArthur, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Calverton
Schools across Calverton average a B+, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wading River SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Dayton Avenue SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Riley Avenue SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Albert G Prodell Middle SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Riverhead Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Shoreham-wading River High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Riverhead Senior High SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Eastport-south Manor Junior Senior High SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Calverton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Calverton 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 Calverton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Calverton
Is Calverton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Calverton ranks 15,852nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, and transit, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Calverton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $461,835. The overall cost of living runs about 19% above the national average. Set against a $93,563 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Calverton safe?
Yes, Calverton is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $190 per resident a year.
Compare Calverton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Calverton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Calverton 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.
Calverton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Calverton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Calverton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Calverton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Calverton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Calverton 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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