Best PlacesHewlett Neck, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hewlett Neck, 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 Neck ranks 821st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hewlett Neck
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 Neck's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hewlett Neck ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$250,001 median, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
Where Hewlett Neck ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute41.5 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hewlett Neck
A household needs to earn about $465,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hewlett Neck 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 Neck's effective rate of 1.95%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Hewlett Neck
Hewlett Neck 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 Neck.
Who works in Hewlett Neck, and how
Work in Hewlett Neck centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 54%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Hewlett Neck
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Hewlett Neck, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hewlett Neck, month by month
Hewlett Neck 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 Neck
John F Kennedy International sits about 4 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 Neck
Schools across Hewlett Neck average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hewlett Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodmere Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- George W Hewlett High SchoolA+ · 96% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hewlett Neck school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hewlett Neck 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 Neck against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hewlett Neck
Is Hewlett Neck a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hewlett Neck ranks 821st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, big-city access, and what local pay buys, 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 Neck expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,538,438. The overall cost of living runs about 39% above the national average. Set against a $250,001 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Hewlett Neck safe?
Yes, Hewlett Neck is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $278 per resident a year.
Compare Hewlett Neck with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hewlett Neck. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hewlett Neck 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 Neck detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hewlett Neck: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hewlett Neck: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hewlett Neck: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hewlett Neck: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hewlett Neck 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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