Best PlacesGetty Square, Yonkers, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Getty Square, Yonkers, 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.
Getty Square, Yonkers ranks 4,884th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Getty Square, Yonkers
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.
Getty Square, Yonkers' strengths and weaknesses
Where Getty Square, Yonkers ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
Where Getty Square, Yonkers ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Short commute36.1 minutes each way, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Getty Square, Yonkers
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Getty Square, Yonkers home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $47,075, 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 Getty Square, Yonkers' effective rate of 1.55%, 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 Getty Square, Yonkers
Getty Square, Yonkers runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Getty Square, Yonkers.
Who works in Getty Square, Yonkers, and how
Work in Getty Square, Yonkers centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 39%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 48%
Life in Getty Square, Yonkers
Getty Square, Yonkers has more parkland per resident than 72% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 12 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Getty Square, Yonkers and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Getty Square, Yonkers, month by month
Getty Square, Yonkers sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Getty Square, Yonkers
Laguardia sits about 11 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 118 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Getty Square, Yonkers
Schools across Getty Square, Yonkers average a B−, better than 70% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- School 5B · 45% proficient
- Mlk Jr High Tech & Computer Magnet SchoolC · 35% proficient
- School 23C · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Saunders Trades & Technical High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Yonkers High SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Gorton High SchoolA · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Getty Square, Yonkers school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Getty Square, Yonkers 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 Getty Square, Yonkers against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Getty Square, Yonkers
Is Getty Square, Yonkers a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Getty Square, Yonkers ranks 4,884th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and fast internet, and lowest on car insurance costs and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Getty Square, Yonkers expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $406,918. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $47,075 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Getty Square, Yonkers safe?
Yes, Getty Square, Yonkers is safer than 59% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $421 per resident a year.
Compare Getty Square, Yonkers with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Getty Square, Yonkers. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Getty Square, Yonkers 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.
Getty Square, Yonkers detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Getty Square, Yonkers: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Getty Square, Yonkers: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Getty Square, Yonkers: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Getty Square, Yonkers: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Getty Square, Yonkers 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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