Best PlacesPark Hills, Yonkers, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Park Hills, Yonkers, 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.
Park Hills, Yonkers ranks 3,021st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Park Hills, Yonkers
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.
Park Hills, Yonkers' strengths and weaknesses
Where Park Hills, Yonkers ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Park Hills, Yonkers ranks low
- Short commute38.3 minutes each way, better than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Park Hills, Yonkers
A household needs to earn about $159,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Park Hills, Yonkers home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $86,569, 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 Park Hills, Yonkers' effective rate of 1.60%, 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 Park Hills, Yonkers
Park Hills, Yonkers's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Park Hills, Yonkers.
Who works in Park Hills, Yonkers, and how
Work in Park Hills, Yonkers centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 48%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 42%
Life in Park Hills, Yonkers
The coast is about 13 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Park Hills, Yonkers, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Park Hills, Yonkers, month by month
Park Hills, Yonkers sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Park Hills, Yonkers
Laguardia sits about 10 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 Park Hills, Yonkers
Schools across Park Hills, Yonkers average a B, better than 81% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Eugenio Maria De Hostos Microsociety SchoolB · 46% proficient
- School 21B · 45% proficient
- Las Hermanas Mirabal Community SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Yonkers Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Yonkers High SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Lincoln High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Park Hills, Yonkers school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Park Hills, Yonkers 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 Park Hills, Yonkers against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Park Hills, Yonkers
Is Park Hills, Yonkers a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Park Hills, Yonkers ranks 3,021st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on long commutes 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 Park Hills, Yonkers expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $548,741. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $86,569 median income, cost of living beats 48% of neighborhoods.
Is Park Hills, Yonkers safe?
Yes, Park Hills, Yonkers is safer than 61% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $399 per resident a year.
Compare Park Hills, Yonkers with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Park Hills, Yonkers. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Park Hills, Yonkers 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.
Park Hills, Yonkers detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Park Hills, Yonkers: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Park Hills, Yonkers: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Park Hills, Yonkers: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Park Hills, Yonkers: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Park Hills, Yonkers 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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