Best PlacesCopiague, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Copiague, 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.
Copiague ranks 7,007th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Copiague
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.
Copiague's strengths and weaknesses
Where Copiague ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
Where Copiague ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Copiague
A household needs to earn about $146,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Copiague home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $131,322; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Copiague's effective rate of 2.00%, 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 Copiague
Copiague 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 Copiague.
Who works in Copiague, and how
Work in Copiague centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Copiague
Copiague has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns. The coast is about 16 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Copiague and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Copiague, month by month
Copiague sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 69° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Copiague
The nearest airport, Long Island MacArthur, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 20 miles away.
The best schools in and around Copiague
Schools across Copiague average a B, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Great Neck Road Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Deauville Gardens East Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Susan E Wiley SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Edmund W Miles Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Copiague Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Walter G O'connell Copiague High SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
- Amityville Memorial High SchoolA · 71% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Copiague school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Copiague 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 Copiague against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Copiague suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 79% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 8% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Copiague
Is Copiague a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Copiague ranks 7,007th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and walkability, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Copiague expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $478,738. The overall cost of living runs about 23% above the national average. Set against a $131,322 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Copiague safe?
Yes, Copiague is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $282 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Copiague?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 26. That works out to about 74 pleasant days a year, more than 36% of towns.
Is Copiague good for families?
Schools beat 78% of towns, crime safety beats 58%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare Copiague with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Copiague. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Copiague 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.
Copiague detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Copiague: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Copiague: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Copiague: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Copiague: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Copiague 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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