Best PlacesOrangeburg, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Orangeburg, 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.
Orangeburg ranks 4,039th 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 Orangeburg
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.
Orangeburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Orangeburg ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
Where Orangeburg ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Orangeburg
A household needs to earn about $214,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Orangeburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $123,635, 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 Orangeburg's effective rate of 2.20%, 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 Orangeburg
Orangeburg runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Orangeburg.
Who works in Orangeburg, and how
Work in Orangeburg centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Orangeburg
Orangeburg has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of towns. The coast is about 27 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Orangeburg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Orangeburg, month by month
Orangeburg sees roughly 63 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 Orangeburg
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 19 miles away.
The best schools in and around Orangeburg
Schools across Orangeburg average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lincoln Avenue SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Upper Nyack SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Cottage Lane Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nyack Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Pearl River Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- South Orangetown Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Tappan Zee High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Nyack Senior High SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
- Pearl River High SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Orangeburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Orangeburg
Is Orangeburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Orangeburg ranks 4,039th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, population health, and transit, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Orangeburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $688,127. The overall cost of living runs about 29% above the national average. Set against a $123,635 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Orangeburg safe?
Yes, Orangeburg is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $216 per resident a year.
Compare Orangeburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Orangeburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Orangeburg 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.
Orangeburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Orangeburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Orangeburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Orangeburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Orangeburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Orangeburg 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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