Best PlacesOssining, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ossining, 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.
Ossining ranks 747th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
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The best neighborhoods in Ossining
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.
Ossining's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ossining ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of cities
- School gradeB+, better than 82% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 81% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of cities
Where Ossining ranks low
- Short commute35.9 minutes each way, better than only 4% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 20% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 24% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Ossining
A household needs to earn about $163,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ossining home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $115,135, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.7% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-08-20 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 Ossining's effective rate of 2.46%, 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 Ossining
Ossining runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ossining.
Who works in Ossining, and how
Work in Ossining centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Ossining
Ossining has more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. The coast is about 22 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Ossining and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ossining, month by month
Ossining sees roughly 67 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 Ossining
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 27 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ossining
Schools across Ossining average a B+, better than 82% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Westorchard SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
- Carrie E Tompkins SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Claremont SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seven Bridges Middle SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Pierre Van Cortlandt SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Anne M Dorner Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Horace Greeley High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Croton-harmon High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Walter Panas High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ossining school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ossining 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 Ossining against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Ossining suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 16% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Ossining
Is Ossining a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ossining ranks 747th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on walkability, good schools, and fast internet, and lowest on long commutes and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ossining expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $504,385. The overall cost of living runs about 19% above the national average. Set against a $115,135 median income, cost of living beats 55% of cities.
Is Ossining safe?
Yes, Ossining is safer than 65% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $270 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ossining?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 24. That works out to about 67 pleasant days a year, more than 20% of cities.
Is Ossining good for families?
Schools beat 82% of cities, crime safety beats 65%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare Ossining with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ossining. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ossining 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.
Ossining detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ossining: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ossining: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ossining: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ossining: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ossining 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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