Best PlacesHartsdale, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hartsdale, 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.
Hartsdale ranks 2,424th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hartsdale
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.
Hartsdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hartsdale ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
Where Hartsdale ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hartsdale
A household needs to earn about $165,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hartsdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $138,116, 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 Hartsdale's effective rate of 1.82%, 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 Hartsdale
Hartsdale runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hartsdale.
Who works in Hartsdale, and how
Work in Hartsdale centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 54%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Hartsdale
Hartsdale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of towns and more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. The coast is about 12 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hartsdale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hartsdale, month by month
Hartsdale sees roughly 68 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 Hartsdale
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 17 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hartsdale
Schools across Hartsdale average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Seely Place SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Greenacres SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Greenville SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
Top middle schools
- Scarsdale Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Ardsley Middle SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Richard J Bailey SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Scarsdale Senior High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Ardsley High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Edgemont Junior-senior High SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hartsdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hartsdale 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 Hartsdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hartsdale
Is Hartsdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hartsdale ranks 2,424th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, population health, and an educated workforce, and lowest on childcare costs 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 Hartsdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $554,407. The overall cost of living runs about 21% above the national average. Set against a $138,116 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Hartsdale safe?
Hartsdale is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $320 per resident a year.
Compare Hartsdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hartsdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hartsdale 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.
Hartsdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hartsdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hartsdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hartsdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hartsdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hartsdale 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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