Best PlacesGlen Cove, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glen Cove, 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.
Glen Cove ranks 1,003rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glen Cove
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.
Glen Cove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glen Cove ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of cities
- School gradeA−, better than 90% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 90% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of cities
Where Glen Cove ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 18% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Glen Cove
A household needs to earn about $195,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glen Cove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $101,522, 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 Glen Cove's effective rate of 1.57%, 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 Glen Cove
Glen Cove runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Glen Cove.
Who works in Glen Cove, and how
Work in Glen Cove centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Glen Cove
Glen Cove has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of cities and more parkland per resident than 82% of cities. The coast is about 3 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Glen Cove and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glen Cove, month by month
Glen Cove sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 69° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Glen Cove
Laguardia sits about 14 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 Glen Cove
Schools across Glen Cove average an A−, better than 90% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Sea Cliff Elementary SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Glen Head Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- North Shore Middle SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
Top middle schools
- Locust Valley Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Robert M Finley Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Locust Valley High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Glen Cove High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glen Cove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glen Cove 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 Glen Cove against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Glen Cove suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Glen Cove
Is Glen Cove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glen Cove ranks 1,003rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and good schools, and lowest on car insurance costs and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glen Cove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $674,250. The overall cost of living runs about 33% above the national average. Set against a $101,522 median income, cost of living beats 22% of cities.
Is Glen Cove safe?
Glen Cove is safer than 47% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $327 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Glen Cove?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 26. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 27% of cities.
Is Glen Cove good for families?
Schools beat 90% of cities, crime safety beats 47%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare Glen Cove with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glen Cove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glen Cove 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.
Glen Cove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glen Cove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glen Cove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glen Cove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glen Cove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glen Cove 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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