Best PlacesMamaroneck, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mamaroneck, 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.
Mamaroneck ranks 1,397th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mamaroneck
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.
Mamaroneck's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mamaroneck ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
Where Mamaroneck ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mamaroneck
A household needs to earn about $243,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mamaroneck home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $147,826, 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 Mamaroneck's effective rate of 1.93%, 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 Mamaroneck
Mamaroneck's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Mamaroneck.
Who works in Mamaroneck, and how
Work in Mamaroneck centers on education and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 50%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 27%
Life in Mamaroneck
Mamaroneck has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns and more parkland per resident than 88% of towns. The coast is about 4 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Mamaroneck and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mamaroneck, month by month
Mamaroneck sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Mamaroneck
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 14 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mamaroneck
Schools across Mamaroneck average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Quaker Ridge SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Central SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- F E Bellows Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top middle schools
- Scarsdale Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Hommocks SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Rye Neck Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
Top high schools
- Scarsdale Senior High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Rye Neck Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Mamaroneck High SchoolA+ · 96% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mamaroneck school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mamaroneck 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 Mamaroneck against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Mamaroneck suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 91% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 23% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Mamaroneck
Is Mamaroneck a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mamaroneck ranks 1,397th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, big-city access, and good schools, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mamaroneck expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $804,869. The overall cost of living runs about 29% above the national average. Set against a $147,826 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Mamaroneck safe?
Mamaroneck is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $374 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mamaroneck?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 24. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 16% of towns.
Is Mamaroneck good for families?
Schools beat 99% of towns, crime safety beats 33%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare Mamaroneck with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mamaroneck. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mamaroneck 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.
Mamaroneck detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mamaroneck: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mamaroneck: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mamaroneck: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mamaroneck: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mamaroneck 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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