Best PlacesMorris Park, Bronx, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Morris Park, Bronx, 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.
Morris Park, Bronx ranks 1,751st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Morris Park, Bronx
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.
Morris Park, Bronx's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morris Park, Bronx ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Morris Park, Bronx ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Short commute36.8 minutes each way, better than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Morris Park, Bronx
A household needs to earn about $195,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morris Park, Bronx home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $82,614, 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 Morris Park, Bronx's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Morris Park, Bronx
Morris Park, Bronx'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 Morris Park, Bronx.
Who works in Morris Park, Bronx, and how
Work in Morris Park, Bronx centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 38%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 54%
Life in Morris Park, Bronx
Morris Park, Bronx has more parkland per resident than 77% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 8 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Morris Park, Bronx and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Morris Park, Bronx, month by month
Morris Park, Bronx sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 70° | 61° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Morris Park, Bronx
Laguardia sits about 5 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 118 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Morris Park, Bronx
Schools across Morris Park, Bronx average a B+, better than 88% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Active Learning Elementary School (the)A+ · 80% proficient
- Ps 108 Philip J AbinantiA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Brooklyn College AcademyA+ · 98% proficient
- Voyages Prep-south QueensA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morris Park, Bronx school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morris Park, Bronx 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 Morris Park, Bronx against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Morris Park, Bronx
Is Morris Park, Bronx a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morris Park, Bronx ranks 1,751st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, and walkability, and lowest on 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 Morris Park, Bronx expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $755,845. The overall cost of living runs about 19% above the national average. Set against a $82,614 median income, cost of living beats 34% of neighborhoods.
Is Morris Park, Bronx safe?
Yes, Morris Park, Bronx is safer than 82% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $295 per resident a year.
Compare Morris Park, Bronx with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morris Park, Bronx. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morris Park, Bronx 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.
Morris Park, Bronx detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morris Park, Bronx: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morris Park, Bronx: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morris Park, Bronx: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morris Park, Bronx: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morris Park, Bronx 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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