Best PlacesNanuet, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nanuet, 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.
Nanuet ranks 8,634th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Nanuet
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.
Nanuet's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nanuet ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
Where Nanuet ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nanuet
A household needs to earn about $160,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nanuet home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $117,153, 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 Nanuet's effective rate of 2.12%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Nanuet
Nanuet runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Nanuet.
Who works in Nanuet, and how
Work in Nanuet 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 78%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Nanuet
Nanuet has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of towns and more parkland per resident than 87% of towns. The coast is about 27 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Nanuet and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Nanuet, month by month
Nanuet 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 Nanuet
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 24 miles away.
The best schools in and around Nanuet
Schools across Nanuet average an A−, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lincoln Avenue SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- West Nyack Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Link Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Felix Festa Achievement Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Pearl River Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- A Macarthur Barr Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Clarkstown South Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Nanuet Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Pearl River High SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nanuet school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nanuet 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 Nanuet against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Nanuet suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 74% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Nanuet
Is Nanuet a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nanuet ranks 8,634th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and fast internet, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Nanuet expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $520,033. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $117,153 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Nanuet safe?
Nanuet is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $375 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Nanuet?
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 Nanuet good for families?
Schools beat 91% of towns, crime safety beats 36%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare Nanuet with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nanuet. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nanuet 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.
Nanuet detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nanuet: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nanuet: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nanuet: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nanuet: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nanuet 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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