Best PlacesEast Williston, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Williston, 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 Williston ranks 126th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Williston
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 Williston's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Williston ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$226,306 median, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
Where East Williston ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute37.5 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Williston
A household needs to earn about $317,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Williston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $226,306, 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 Williston's effective rate of 1.63%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in East Williston
East Williston's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 East Williston.
Who works in East Williston, and how
Work in East Williston 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 57%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 25%
Life in East Williston
The coast is about 13 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across East Williston, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Williston, month by month
East Williston sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 43° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 70° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of East Williston
John F Kennedy International sits about 11 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 31.0 million passengers in 2025, with 249 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around East Williston
Schools across East Williston average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Side SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
Top middle schools
- Willets Road SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Top high schools
- Wheatley SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Williston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Williston 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 Williston against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Williston
Is East Williston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Williston ranks 126th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on noise 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 Williston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,087,982. The overall cost of living runs about 48% above the national average. Set against a $226,306 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is East Williston safe?
Yes, East Williston is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $185 per resident a year.
Compare East Williston with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Williston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Williston 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 Williston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Williston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Williston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Williston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Williston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Williston 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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