Best PlacesEast Hampton, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Hampton, 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.
East Hampton ranks 9,165th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Hampton
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.
East Hampton's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Hampton ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
Where East Hampton ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Hampton
A household needs to earn about $472,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Hampton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $109,206, 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 East Hampton's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 East Hampton
East Hampton 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 East Hampton.
Who works in East Hampton, and how
Work in East Hampton centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in East Hampton
East Hampton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. The coast is about 2 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of East Hampton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Hampton, month by month
East Hampton sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of East Hampton
The nearest airport, Westerly State, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Hampton
Schools across East Hampton average an A−, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Amagansett SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- John M Marshall Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Springs SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Hampton Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- East Hampton High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Waterford High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Hampton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Hampton 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 East Hampton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Hampton
Is East Hampton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Hampton ranks 9,165th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, walkability, and fast internet, and lowest on childcare costs 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 East Hampton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,904,571. The overall cost of living runs about 86% above the national average. Set against a $109,206 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is East Hampton safe?
East Hampton is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $628 per resident a year.
Compare East Hampton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Hampton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Hampton 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.
East Hampton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Hampton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Hampton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Hampton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Hampton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Hampton 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.