Best PlacesOakwood, Staten Island, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oakwood, Staten Island, 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.
Oakwood, Staten Island ranks 2,497th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oakwood, Staten Island
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.
Oakwood, Staten Island's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oakwood, Staten Island ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- School gradeB+, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
Where Oakwood, Staten Island ranks low
- Short commute48.5 minutes each way, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Oakwood, Staten Island
A household needs to earn about $183,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oakwood, Staten Island home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $107,028, 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 Oakwood, Staten Island's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 Oakwood, Staten Island
Oakwood, Staten Island runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oakwood, Staten Island.
Who works in Oakwood, Staten Island, and how
Work in Oakwood, Staten Island centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 30%
Life in Oakwood, Staten Island
Oakwood, Staten Island has more parkland per resident than 86% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 2 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Oakwood, Staten Island and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oakwood, Staten Island, month by month
Oakwood, Staten Island sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 35° | 29° |
| April | 64° | 54° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 78° | 71° |
| October | 68° | 59° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Oakwood, Staten Island
Newark Liberty International sits about 9 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.5 million passengers in 2025, with 242 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Oakwood, Staten Island
Schools across Oakwood, Staten Island average a B+, better than 90% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Ps 50 Frank HankinsonA+ · 90% proficient
Top middle schools
- Knowledge And Power Preparatory Academy ViC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Staten Island Technical High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Professional Pathways High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oakwood, Staten Island school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oakwood, Staten Island 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 Oakwood, Staten Island against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Oakwood, Staten Island suits
Common questions about living in Oakwood, Staten Island
Is Oakwood, Staten Island a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oakwood, Staten Island ranks 2,497th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and good schools, and lowest on long commutes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oakwood, Staten Island expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $696,334. The overall cost of living runs about 32% above the national average. Set against a $107,028 median income, cost of living beats 49% of neighborhoods.
Is Oakwood, Staten Island safe?
Yes, Oakwood, Staten Island is safer than 78% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $307 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Oakwood, Staten Island?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 29. That works out to about 77 pleasant days a year, more than 36% of neighborhoods.
Is Oakwood, Staten Island good for families?
Schools beat 90% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 78%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Compare Oakwood, Staten Island with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oakwood, Staten Island. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oakwood, Staten Island 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.
Oakwood, Staten Island detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oakwood, Staten Island: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oakwood, Staten Island: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oakwood, Staten Island: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oakwood, Staten Island: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oakwood, Staten Island 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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