Best PlacesEast Windsor, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Windsor, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
East Windsor ranks 38,506th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in East Windsor
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 Windsor's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Windsor ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
Where East Windsor ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Windsor
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Windsor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $62,008; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Windsor's effective rate of 1.80%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East Windsor
East Windsor 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 Windsor.
Who works in East Windsor, and how
Work in East Windsor centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in East Windsor
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Windsor.
What the weather is like in East Windsor, month by month
East Windsor sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of East Windsor
The nearest airport, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 123 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Windsor
Schools across East Windsor average an A, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- A F Palmer Elementary School / Windsor Central Middle SchoolA · 68% proficient
- W A Olmsted Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Windsor Central High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Harpursville Junior-senior High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Windsor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Windsor 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 Windsor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Windsor
Is East Windsor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Windsor ranks 38,506th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, tree cover, and heat safety, and lowest on a weak job market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Windsor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $215,665. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $62,008 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is East Windsor safe?
East Windsor is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $427 per resident a year.
Compare East Windsor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Windsor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Windsor 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 Windsor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Windsor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Windsor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Windsor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Windsor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Windsor 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.