Best PlacesCommack, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Commack, 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.
Commack ranks 151st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Commack
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.
Commack's strengths and weaknesses
Where Commack ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of cities
- Household income$176,227 median, better than 96% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of cities
Where Commack ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of cities
- Short commute32.4 minutes each way, better than only 13% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Commack
A household needs to earn about $211,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Commack home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $176,227, 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 Commack's effective rate of 2.02%, 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 Commack
Commack runs older 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 Commack.
Who works in Commack, and how
Work in Commack centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Commack
Commack has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of cities and more parkland per resident than 93% of cities. The coast is about 9 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Commack and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Commack, month by month
Commack sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Commack
The nearest airport, Long Island MacArthur, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 30 miles away.
The best schools in and around Commack
Schools across Commack average an A+, better than 99% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Pines Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Rj O Intermediate SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Burr Intermediate SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Northport Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Hauppauge Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Commack Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Smithtown High School-westA+ · 98% proficient
- Kings Park High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Commack High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Commack school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Commack 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 Commack against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Commack suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 90% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Commack
Is Commack a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Commack ranks 151st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on good schools, health care access, and high incomes, and lowest on property 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 Commack expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $692,002. The overall cost of living runs about 26% above the national average. Set against a $176,227 median income, cost of living beats 90% of cities.
Is Commack safe?
Yes, Commack is safer than 89% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Commack?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 25. That works out to about 72 pleasant days a year, more than 30% of cities.
Is Commack good for families?
Schools beat 99% of cities, crime safety beats 89%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare Commack with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Commack. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Commack 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.
Commack detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Commack: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Commack: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Commack: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Commack: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Commack 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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