Best PlacesEast Marion, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Marion, 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 Marion ranks 10,035th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Marion
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 Marion's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Marion ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
Where East Marion ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute37.3 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Marion
A household needs to earn about $215,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Marion home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $102,500, 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 Marion's effective rate of 0.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in East Marion
East Marion 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 Marion.
Who works in East Marion, and how
Work in East Marion centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 56%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in East Marion
The coast is about 2 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across East Marion, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Marion, month by month
East Marion 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 Marion
The nearest airport, Tweed/New Haven, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Marion
Schools across East Marion average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oysterponds Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Greenport Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Greenport High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Marion school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Marion 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 Marion against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Marion
Is East Marion a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Marion ranks 10,035th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, fast internet, and biking, 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 East Marion expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $857,800. The overall cost of living runs about 46% above the national average. Set against a $102,500 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is East Marion safe?
Yes, East Marion is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $203 per resident a year.
Compare East Marion with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Marion. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Marion 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 Marion detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Marion: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Marion: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Marion: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Marion: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Marion 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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