Best PlacesMott Section, Garden City, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mott Section, Garden City, 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.
Mott Section, Garden City ranks 1,083rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mott Section, Garden City
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.
Mott Section, Garden City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mott Section, Garden City ranks high
- School gradeA−, better than 96% of neighborhoods
- Household income$164,229 median, better than 94% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
Where Mott Section, Garden City ranks low
- Short commute36.3 minutes each way, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Mott Section, Garden City
A household needs to earn about $247,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mott Section, Garden City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $164,229, 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 Mott Section, Garden City's effective rate of 1.77%, 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 Mott Section, Garden City
Mott Section, Garden City 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 Mott Section, Garden City.
Who works in Mott Section, Garden City, and how
Work in Mott Section, Garden City centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in Mott Section, Garden City
Mott Section, Garden City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 15 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Mott Section, Garden City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mott Section, Garden City, month by month
Mott Section, Garden City sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 43° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 70° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Mott Section, Garden City
John F Kennedy International sits about 10 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 Mott Section, Garden City
Schools across Mott Section, Garden City average an A−, better than 96% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Stewart SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
Top middle schools
- Garden City Middle SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Mineola Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Alverta B Gray Schultz Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Garden City High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Carle Place Middle Senior High SchoolA · 79% proficient
- Hempstead High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mott Section, Garden City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mott Section, Garden City 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 Mott Section, Garden City against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Mott Section, Garden City
Is Mott Section, Garden City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mott Section, Garden City ranks 1,083rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on good schools, high incomes, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mott Section, Garden City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $834,059. The overall cost of living runs about 40% above the national average. Set against a $164,229 median income, cost of living beats 85% of neighborhoods.
Is Mott Section, Garden City safe?
Yes, Mott Section, Garden City is safer than 79% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $311 per resident a year.
Compare Mott Section, Garden City with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mott Section, Garden City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mott Section, Garden City 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.
Mott Section, Garden City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mott Section, Garden City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mott Section, Garden City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mott Section, Garden City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mott Section, Garden City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mott Section, Garden City 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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