Best PlacesHuntington Station, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Huntington Station, 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.
Huntington Station ranks 530th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Huntington Station
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.
Huntington Station's strengths and weaknesses
Where Huntington Station ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of cities
- Household income$142,605 median, better than 89% of cities
- School gradeB+, better than 87% of cities
Where Huntington Station ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 18% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Huntington Station
A household needs to earn about $170,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Huntington Station home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $142,605, 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 Station's effective rate of 1.84%, 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 Station
Huntington Station runs older 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 Huntington Station.
Who works in Huntington Station, and how
Work in Huntington Station centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Huntington Station
Huntington Station has more parkland per resident than 77% of cities. The coast is about 15 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Huntington Station and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Huntington Station, month by month
Huntington Station sees roughly 76 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 Station
The nearest airport, Long Island MacArthur, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 24 miles away.
The best schools in and around Huntington Station
Schools across Huntington Station average a B+, better than 87% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Paumanok Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Signal Hill Elementary SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Sunquam Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Hollow Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Oldfield Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
- Jack Abrams Stem Magnet SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Harborfields High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Half Hollow Hills High School WestA+ · 99% proficient
- Half Hollow Hills High School EastA+ · 96% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Huntington Station school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Huntington Station 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 Station against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Huntington Station suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 71% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 12% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Huntington Station
Is Huntington Station a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Huntington Station ranks 530th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and walkability, 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 Huntington Station expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $571,185. The overall cost of living runs about 26% above the national average. Set against a $142,605 median income, cost of living beats 71% of cities.
Is Huntington Station safe?
Yes, Huntington Station is safer than 58% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $292 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Huntington Station?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 26. That works out to about 76 pleasant days a year, more than 38% of cities.
Is Huntington Station good for families?
Schools beat 87% of cities, crime safety beats 58%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare Huntington Station with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Huntington Station. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Huntington Station 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 Station detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Huntington Station: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Huntington Station: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Huntington Station: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Huntington Station: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Huntington Station 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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