Best PlacesHarriman, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harriman, 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.
Harriman ranks 8,389th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Harriman
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.
Harriman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Harriman ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
Where Harriman ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Harriman
A household needs to earn about $126,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harriman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $109,541, 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 Harriman's effective rate of 2.23%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Harriman
Harriman's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Harriman.
Who works in Harriman, and how
Work in Harriman centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Harriman
Harriman has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Harriman and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Harriman, month by month
Harriman sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 60° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Harriman
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Harriman
Schools across Harriman average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Monroe-woodbury Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Monroe-woodbury High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harriman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harriman 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 Harriman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Harriman
Is Harriman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harriman ranks 8,389th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Harriman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $403,114. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $109,541 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Harriman safe?
Harriman is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $425 per resident a year.
Compare Harriman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harriman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harriman 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.
Harriman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harriman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harriman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harriman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harriman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harriman 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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