Best PlacesHuntington, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Huntington, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Huntington ranks 228th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Huntington
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.
The best areas in Huntington
The parts of Huntington, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Elwood
West Hills
Halesite
Scores across Huntington run from about the 73rd to the 98th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Huntington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Huntington ranks high
- Household income$181,374 median, better than 99% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 96% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of cities
Where Huntington ranks low
- Short commute38.2 minutes each way, better than only 2% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Huntington
A household needs to earn about $231,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Huntington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $181,374, 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 Huntington's effective rate of 1.78%, 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 Huntington
Huntington runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Huntington.
Who works in Huntington, and how
Work in Huntington centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Huntington
Huntington has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of cities and more parkland per resident than 99% of cities. The coast is about 13 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Huntington and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Huntington, month by month
Huntington sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 69° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Huntington
The nearest airport, Long Island MacArthur, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 25 miles away.
The best schools in and around Huntington
Schools across Huntington average an A−, better than 91% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Walt Whitman Elementary SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Sunquam Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Maplewood Intermediate SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Hollow Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Oldfield Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
- Elwood Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Harborfields High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Half Hollow Hills High School WestA+ · 99% proficient
- Syosset Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Huntington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Huntington 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 Huntington against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Huntington suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 92% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 23% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Huntington
Is Huntington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Huntington ranks 228th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on high incomes, health care access, and fast internet, and lowest on long commutes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Huntington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $780,115. The overall cost of living runs about 31% above the national average. Set against a $181,374 median income, cost of living beats 92% of cities.
Is Huntington safe?
Yes, Huntington is safer than 60% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $300 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Huntington?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 26. That works out to about 75 pleasant days a year, more than 37% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Huntington?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Elwood, West Hills, and Halesite. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Huntington with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Huntington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Huntington 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.
Huntington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Huntington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Huntington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Huntington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Huntington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Huntington 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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