Best PlacesLevittown, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Levittown, 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.
Levittown ranks 307th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Levittown
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.
Levittown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Levittown ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of cities
- Household income$153,115 median, better than 92% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of cities
Where Levittown ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of cities
- Short commute33.6 minutes each way, better than only 9% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% 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 Levittown
A household needs to earn about $176,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Levittown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $153,115, 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 Levittown's effective rate of 2.02%, 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 Levittown
Levittown 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 Levittown.
Who works in Levittown, and how
Work in Levittown centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Levittown
Levittown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of cities and more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. The coast is about 12 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Levittown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Levittown, month by month
Levittown 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 Levittown
John F Kennedy International sits about 15 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 31.0 million passengers in 2025, with 249 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Levittown
Schools across Levittown average an A+, better than 99% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Michael F Stokes SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- East Broadway SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Meadowbrook Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jonas E Salk Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
- Clarke Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
- Wisdom Lane Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Division Avenue Senior High SchoolA+ · 99% proficient
- Gen Douglas Macarthur Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- East Meadow High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Levittown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Levittown 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 Levittown against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Levittown suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 75% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Levittown
Is Levittown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Levittown ranks 307th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on good schools, fast internet, and big-city access, 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 Levittown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $578,554. The overall cost of living runs about 28% above the national average. Set against a $153,115 median income, cost of living beats 75% of cities.
Is Levittown safe?
Yes, Levittown is safer than 70% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $267 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Levittown?
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.
Is Levittown good for families?
Schools beat 100% of cities, crime safety beats 70%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare Levittown with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Levittown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Levittown 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.
Levittown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Levittown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Levittown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Levittown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Levittown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Levittown 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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