Best PlacesGreenvale, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Greenvale, 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.
Greenvale ranks 3,232nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Greenvale
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.
Greenvale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greenvale ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$182,354 median, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
Where Greenvale ranks low
- Short commute46.6 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Greenvale
A household needs to earn about $325,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greenvale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $182,354, 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 Greenvale's effective rate of 1.52%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Greenvale
Greenvale runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Greenvale.
Who works in Greenvale, and how
Work in Greenvale centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Greenvale
Greenvale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. The coast is about 8 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Greenvale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Greenvale, month by month
Greenvale sees roughly 75 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 Greenvale
Laguardia sits about 13 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 Greenvale
Schools across Greenvale average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Glen Head Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- North Shore Middle SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
Top middle schools
- Roslyn Middle SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
Top high schools
- Roslyn High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greenvale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greenvale 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 Greenvale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Greenvale
Is Greenvale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greenvale ranks 3,232nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, big-city access, and walkability, and lowest on long commutes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Greenvale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,131,132. The overall cost of living runs about 57% above the national average. Set against a $182,354 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Greenvale safe?
Greenvale is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $772 per resident a year.
Compare Greenvale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greenvale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greenvale 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.
Greenvale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greenvale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greenvale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greenvale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greenvale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greenvale 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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