Best PlacesHewlett Harbor, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hewlett Harbor, 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.
Hewlett Harbor ranks 988th of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Hewlett Harbor
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.
Hewlett Harbor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hewlett Harbor ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$250,001 median, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
Where Hewlett Harbor ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Short commute37.4 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hewlett Harbor
A household needs to earn about $459,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hewlett Harbor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $250,001, 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 Hewlett Harbor's effective rate of 1.95%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Hewlett Harbor
Hewlett Harbor runs younger than the country, 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 Hewlett Harbor.
Who works in Hewlett Harbor, and how
Work in Hewlett Harbor centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Hewlett Harbor
The coast is about 10 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Hewlett Harbor, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hewlett Harbor, month by month
Hewlett Harbor sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 43° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 70° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Hewlett Harbor
John F Kennedy International sits about 5 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 31.0 million passengers in 2025, with 249 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hewlett Harbor
Schools across Hewlett Harbor average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Waverly Park SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Hewlett Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodmere Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Lynbrook South Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Lynbrook Senior High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- George W Hewlett High SchoolA+ · 96% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hewlett Harbor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hewlett Harbor 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 Hewlett Harbor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hewlett Harbor
Is Hewlett Harbor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hewlett Harbor ranks 988th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, what local pay buys, and an educated workforce, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hewlett Harbor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,516,313. The overall cost of living runs about 36% above the national average. Set against a $250,001 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Hewlett Harbor safe?
Yes, Hewlett Harbor is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $245 per resident a year.
Compare Hewlett Harbor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hewlett Harbor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hewlett Harbor 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.
Hewlett Harbor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hewlett Harbor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hewlett Harbor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hewlett Harbor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hewlett Harbor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hewlett Harbor 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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