Best PlacesLake Mohegan, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Mohegan, 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.
Lake Mohegan ranks 460th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lake Mohegan
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.
Lake Mohegan's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Mohegan ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$172,970 median, better than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
Where Lake Mohegan ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Short commute40.1 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Mohegan
A household needs to earn about $168,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Mohegan home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $172,970, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Lake Mohegan's effective rate of 2.19%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lake Mohegan
Lake Mohegan's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lake Mohegan.
Who works in Lake Mohegan, and how
Work in Lake Mohegan centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Lake Mohegan
Lake Mohegan has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of towns. The coast is about 34 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Lake Mohegan and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lake Mohegan, month by month
Lake Mohegan sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 60° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Lake Mohegan
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 38 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lake Mohegan
Schools across Lake Mohegan average an A, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- George Washington Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Lincoln Titus Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lakeland-copper Beech Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Putnam Valley Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Walter Panas High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Lakeland High SchoolA+ · 96% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Mohegan school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Mohegan 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 Lake Mohegan against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Mohegan
Is Lake Mohegan a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Mohegan ranks 460th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Mohegan expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $540,859. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $172,970 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Lake Mohegan safe?
Yes, Lake Mohegan is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Mohegan with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Mohegan. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Mohegan 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.
Lake Mohegan detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Mohegan: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Mohegan: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Mohegan: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Mohegan: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Mohegan 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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