Best PlacesOld Brookville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Old Brookville, 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.
Old Brookville ranks 746th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Old Brookville
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.
Old Brookville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Old Brookville ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$235,005 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
Where Old Brookville ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute39.7 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Old Brookville
A household needs to earn about $523,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Old Brookville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $235,005, 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 Old Brookville's effective rate of 1.53%, 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 Old Brookville
Old Brookville 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 Old Brookville.
Who works in Old Brookville, and how
Work in Old Brookville centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Old Brookville
The coast is about 7 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Old Brookville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Old Brookville, month by month
Old Brookville sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 69° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Old Brookville
Laguardia sits about 14 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 Old Brookville
Schools across Old Brookville average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Glen Head Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- North Shore Middle SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
Top middle schools
- Locust Valley Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top high schools
- Locust Valley High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Old Brookville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Old Brookville 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 Old Brookville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Old Brookville
Is Old Brookville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Old Brookville ranks 746th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on childcare costs 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 Old Brookville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,820,060. The overall cost of living runs about 52% above the national average. Set against a $235,005 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Old Brookville safe?
Yes, Old Brookville is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $266 per resident a year.
Compare Old Brookville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Old Brookville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Old Brookville 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.
Old Brookville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Old Brookville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Old Brookville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Old Brookville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Old Brookville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Old Brookville 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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