Best PlacesLake Peekskill, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Peekskill, 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 Peekskill ranks 5,892nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lake Peekskill
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 Peekskill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Peekskill ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Household income$141,682 median, better than 96% of towns
Where Lake Peekskill ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute44.4 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Peekskill
A household needs to earn about $129,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Peekskill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $141,682, 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 Peekskill's effective rate of 2.38%, 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 Lake Peekskill
Lake Peekskill runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lake Peekskill.
Who works in Lake Peekskill, and how
Work in Lake Peekskill centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Lake Peekskill
The coast is about 40 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Lake Peekskill, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lake Peekskill, month by month
Lake Peekskill sees roughly 74 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 Peekskill
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 39 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lake Peekskill
Schools across Lake Peekskill average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Putnam Valley Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Van Cortlandtville SchoolB+ · 55% 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
- Putnam Valley High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Peekskill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Peekskill 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 Peekskill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Peekskill
Is Lake Peekskill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Peekskill ranks 5,892nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Peekskill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $406,975. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $141,682 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Lake Peekskill safe?
Yes, Lake Peekskill is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $269 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Peekskill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Peekskill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Peekskill 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 Peekskill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Peekskill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Peekskill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Peekskill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Peekskill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Peekskill 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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