Best PlacesMontauk Beach, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Montauk Beach, 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.
Montauk Beach ranks 7,369th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Montauk Beach
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.
Montauk Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Montauk Beach ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$140,903 median, better than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
Where Montauk Beach ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Montauk Beach
A household needs to earn about $318,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Montauk Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $140,903, 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 Montauk Beach's effective rate of 0.36%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Montauk Beach
Montauk Beach runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Montauk Beach.
Who works in Montauk Beach, and how
Work in Montauk Beach centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Montauk Beach
The coast is about 1 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Montauk Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Montauk Beach, month by month
Montauk Beach sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 58° | 49° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 75° | 67° |
| October | 67° | 60° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Montauk Beach
The nearest airport, Block Island State, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around Montauk Beach
Schools across Montauk Beach average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Montauk SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- East Hampton High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Montauk Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Montauk Beach 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 Montauk Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Montauk Beach
Is Montauk Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Montauk Beach ranks 7,369th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, good schools, and health care access, and lowest on childcare costs and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Montauk Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,294,431. The overall cost of living runs about 101% above the national average. Set against a $140,903 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Montauk Beach safe?
Yes, Montauk Beach is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $224 per resident a year.
Compare Montauk Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Montauk Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Montauk Beach 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.
Montauk Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Montauk Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Montauk Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Montauk Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Montauk Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Montauk Beach 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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