Best PlacesCharlotte Gardens, Bronx, NY Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Charlotte Gardens, Bronx, 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.

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Charlotte Gardens, Bronx ranks 4,109th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in Charlotte Gardens, Bronx

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Charlotte Gardens, Bronx area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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Charlotte Gardens, Bronx's strengths and weaknesses

Top 3%Big-city access
Top 3%Transit
Top 3%Walkability
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Charlotte Gardens, Bronx with other neighborhoods.

Where Charlotte Gardens, Bronx ranks high

  • Big-city accessBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
  • TransitBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
  • WalkabilityBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
  • School gradeB+, better than 96% of neighborhoods
  • Internet speedBetter than 91% of neighborhoods

Where Charlotte Gardens, Bronx ranks low

  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
  • Short commute42.0 minutes each way, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
  • Household income$41,587 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
  • Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods

What it costs to buy a home in Charlotte Gardens, Bronx

A household needs to earn about $181,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Charlotte Gardens, Bronx home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $41,587, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$181,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$4,226
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $709,842 home
Median rent
$1,372
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$3,619
Property tax$370
Homeowners insurance$237

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 Charlotte Gardens, Bronx's effective rate of 0.63%, 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.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in Charlotte Gardens, Bronx

Charlotte Gardens, Bronx runs younger than the country.

Median age
37
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
12%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.5
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1826%
18 to 3422%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6420%
65 and older12%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Charlotte Gardens, Bronx.


Who works in Charlotte Gardens, Bronx, and how

Work in Charlotte Gardens, Bronx centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
12%
below the national average
Unemployment
14.0%
above the national average
Job growth
+3.7%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social23%
Retail trade15%
Education10%
Transportation & warehousing9%
Admin & support services8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 25%
  • Work from home 12%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 63%

Life in Charlotte Gardens, Bronx

Charlotte Gardens, Bronx has more parkland per resident than 72% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 12 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Charlotte Gardens, Bronx and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
52
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 14.2 per 10,000 residents, more than 38% of neighborhoods
Parkland
134 acres
about 3.6 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 72% of neighborhoods
To the coast
12 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in Charlotte Gardens, Bronx, month by month

Charlotte Gardens, 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.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January44°36°29°
April65°53°45°
July90°80°72°
October70°61°54°

Flying in and out of Charlotte Gardens, Bronx

Laguardia sits about 4 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 118 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
LGA
Laguardia, about 4 miles
Airport size
Large hub
19th-busiest in the US, 118 nonstop destinations
Average drive
8 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Charlotte Gardens, Bronx

Schools across Charlotte Gardens, Bronx average a B+, better than 96% of neighborhoods.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Charlotte Gardens, Bronx school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


Charlotte Gardens, 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 Charlotte Gardens, Bronx against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.


Who Charlotte Gardens, Bronx suits

Families

Schools beat 96% of neighborhoods and crime safety beats 72%.

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Remote workers

Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.

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Retirees

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Common questions about living in Charlotte Gardens, Bronx

Is Charlotte Gardens, Bronx a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Charlotte Gardens, Bronx ranks 4,109th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and walkability, and lowest on taxes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Charlotte Gardens, Bronx expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $709,842. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $41,587 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.

Is Charlotte Gardens, Bronx safe?

Yes, Charlotte Gardens, Bronx is safer than 72% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $363 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in Charlotte Gardens, 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 24% of neighborhoods.

Is Charlotte Gardens, Bronx good for families?

Schools beat 96% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 72%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Charlotte Gardens, Bronx. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Charlotte Gardens, 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.

Charlotte Gardens, Bronx detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Charlotte Gardens, Bronx: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Charlotte Gardens, Bronx: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Charlotte Gardens, Bronx: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Charlotte Gardens, Bronx: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Charlotte Gardens, Bronx detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.