Best PlacesEast Patchogue, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Patchogue, 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 Patchogue ranks 7,254th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Patchogue
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 Patchogue's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Patchogue ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 93% of towns
Where East Patchogue ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Patchogue
A household needs to earn about $150,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Patchogue home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $115,666, 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 Patchogue's effective rate of 1.89%, 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 Patchogue
East Patchogue runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Patchogue.
Who works in East Patchogue, and how
Work in East Patchogue centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in East Patchogue
East Patchogue has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns. The coast is about 16 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of East Patchogue and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Patchogue, month by month
East Patchogue sees roughly 70 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 East Patchogue
The nearest airport, Long Island MacArthur, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 43 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Patchogue
Schools across East Patchogue average an A−, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Barton Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Medford Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Frank P Long Intermediate SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Ocean Middle SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Saxton Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
Top high schools
- Patchogue-medford High SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
- Bellport Senior High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Patchogue school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Patchogue 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 Patchogue against the other 50,332 towns.
Who East Patchogue suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in East Patchogue
Is East Patchogue a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Patchogue ranks 7,254th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on property taxes 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 Patchogue expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $499,525. The overall cost of living runs about 22% above the national average. Set against a $115,666 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is East Patchogue safe?
Yes, East Patchogue is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $263 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in East Patchogue?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 25. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 27% of towns.
Is East Patchogue good for families?
Schools beat 93% of towns, crime safety beats 68%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare East Patchogue with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Patchogue. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Patchogue 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 Patchogue detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Patchogue: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Patchogue: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Patchogue: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Patchogue: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Patchogue 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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