Best PlacesEast Northport, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Northport, 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.
East Northport ranks 164th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Northport
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 Northport's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Northport ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of cities
- Household income$155,837 median, better than 93% of cities
Where East Northport ranks low
- Short commute36.4 minutes each way, better than only 4% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 14% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in East Northport
A household needs to earn about $190,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Northport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $155,837, 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 Northport's effective rate of 1.72%, 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 Northport
East Northport runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Northport.
Who works in East Northport, and how
Work in East Northport centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in East Northport
East Northport has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of cities and more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. The coast is about 8 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of East Northport and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Northport, month by month
East Northport sees roughly 75 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 East Northport
The nearest airport, Long Island MacArthur, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 29 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Northport
Schools across East Northport average an A+, better than 99% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Fifth Avenue Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- James H Boyd Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Burr Intermediate SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northport Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- East Northport Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Elwood Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Half Hollow Hills High School WestA+ · 99% proficient
- Northport Senior 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 East Northport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Northport 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 Northport against the other 2,097 cities.
Who East Northport suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 82% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in East Northport
Is East Northport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Northport ranks 164th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on good schools, fast internet, and health care access, and lowest on long commutes 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 Northport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $647,444. The overall cost of living runs about 24% above the national average. Set against a $155,837 median income, cost of living beats 82% of cities.
Is East Northport safe?
Yes, East Northport is safer than 94% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in East Northport?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 26. That works out to about 75 pleasant days a year, more than 37% of cities.
Is East Northport good for families?
Schools beat 99% of cities, crime safety beats 94%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare East Northport with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Northport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Northport 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 Northport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Northport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Northport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Northport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Northport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Northport 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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