Best PlacesHillburn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hillburn, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hillburn ranks 19,635th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hillburn
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.
Hillburn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hillburn ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Hillburn ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hillburn
A household needs to earn about $145,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hillburn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $90,917, 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 Hillburn's effective rate of 1.80%, 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 Hillburn
Hillburn 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 Hillburn.
Who works in Hillburn, and how
Work in Hillburn centers on retail trade and admin & support services. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hillburn
The coast is about 35 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Hillburn, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hillburn, month by month
Hillburn sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Hillburn
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 29 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hillburn
Schools across Hillburn average an A−, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Montebello Road SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Richard P Connor Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Suffern Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Suffern Senior High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hillburn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hillburn 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 Hillburn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hillburn
Is Hillburn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hillburn ranks 19,635th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, big-city access, and fast internet, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hillburn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $487,000. The overall cost of living runs about 21% above the national average. Set against a $90,917 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Hillburn safe?
Yes, Hillburn is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $264 per resident a year.
Compare Hillburn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hillburn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hillburn 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.
Hillburn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hillburn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hillburn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hillburn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hillburn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hillburn 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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