Best PlacesEastchester, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eastchester, 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.
Eastchester ranks 736th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Eastchester
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.
Eastchester's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eastchester ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
Where Eastchester ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eastchester
A household needs to earn about $217,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eastchester home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $168,408, 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 Eastchester's effective rate of 1.76%, 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 Eastchester
Eastchester runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eastchester.
Who works in Eastchester, and how
Work in Eastchester centers on professional & technical 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 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 23%
Life in Eastchester
Eastchester has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of towns and more parkland per resident than 91% of towns. The coast is about 10 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Eastchester and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eastchester, month by month
Eastchester sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Eastchester
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 14 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eastchester
Schools across Eastchester average an A, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fox Meadow SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Edgewood SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Greenvale SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
Top middle schools
- Scarsdale Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Tuckahoe Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Eastchester Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Scarsdale Senior High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Eastchester Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Tuckahoe High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eastchester school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eastchester 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 Eastchester against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eastchester
Is Eastchester a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eastchester ranks 736th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, walkability, and population health, 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 Eastchester expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $732,459. The overall cost of living runs about 34% above the national average. Set against a $168,408 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Eastchester safe?
Eastchester is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $307 per resident a year.
Compare Eastchester with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eastchester. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eastchester 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.
Eastchester detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eastchester: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eastchester: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eastchester: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eastchester: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eastchester 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.