Best PlacesNew Rochelle, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Rochelle, 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.
New Rochelle ranks 551st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Rochelle
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.
New Rochelle's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Rochelle ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of cities
- School gradeA, better than 94% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 83% of cities
Where New Rochelle ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of cities
- Short commute32.4 minutes each way, better than only 13% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in New Rochelle
A household needs to earn about $196,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Rochelle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $129,674, 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 New Rochelle's effective rate of 1.80%, 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 New Rochelle
New Rochelle runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Rochelle.
Who works in New Rochelle, and how
Work in New Rochelle centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 25%
Life in New Rochelle
New Rochelle has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of cities and more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. The coast is about 3 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of New Rochelle and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Rochelle, month by month
New Rochelle sees roughly 68 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 New Rochelle
Laguardia sits about 11 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 New Rochelle
Schools across New Rochelle average an A, better than 94% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Quaker Ridge SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Murray Avenue SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Chatsworth Avenue SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
Top middle schools
- Scarsdale Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Pelham Middle SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Hommocks SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top high schools
- Scarsdale Senior High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Eastchester Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Francis Lewis High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Rochelle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Rochelle 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 New Rochelle against the other 2,097 cities.
Who New Rochelle suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 73% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 17% already work from home.
Common questions about living in New Rochelle
Is New Rochelle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Rochelle ranks 551st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, and good schools, and lowest on noise 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 New Rochelle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $660,068. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $129,674 median income, cost of living beats 73% of cities.
Is New Rochelle safe?
New Rochelle is safer than 35% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $359 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in New Rochelle?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 29. That works out to about 68 pleasant days a year, more than 22% of cities.
Is New Rochelle good for families?
Schools beat 94% of cities, crime safety beats 35%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare New Rochelle with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Rochelle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Rochelle 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.
New Rochelle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Rochelle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Rochelle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Rochelle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Rochelle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Rochelle 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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