Best PlacesKaser, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kaser, 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.
Kaser ranks 42,914th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kaser
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.
Kaser's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kaser ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- Short commute18.5 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
Where Kaser ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$38,862 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kaser
A household needs to earn about $232,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kaser home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $38,862, 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 Kaser's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Kaser
Kaser 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 Kaser.
Who works in Kaser, and how
Work in Kaser centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 56%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 36%
Life in Kaser
The coast is about 31 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kaser, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kaser, month by month
Kaser sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Kaser
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 26 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kaser
Schools across Kaser average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Chestnut Ridge Middle SchoolF · 10% proficient
- Pomona Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring Valley High SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Ramapo High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kaser school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kaser 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 Kaser against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kaser
Is Kaser a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kaser ranks 42,914th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, and heat safety, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kaser expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $921,683. The overall cost of living runs about 27% above the national average. Set against a $38,862 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Kaser safe?
Kaser is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $413 per resident a year.
Compare Kaser with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kaser. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kaser 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.
Kaser detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kaser: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kaser: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kaser: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kaser: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kaser 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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