Best PlacesPeconic, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Peconic, 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.
Peconic ranks 9,079th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Peconic
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.
Peconic's strengths and weaknesses
Where Peconic ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$118,953 median, better than 93% of towns
Where Peconic ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Peconic
A household needs to earn about $277,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Peconic home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $118,953, 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 Peconic's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Peconic
Peconic runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Peconic.
Who works in Peconic, and how
Work in Peconic centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 54%
- Work from home 34%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Peconic
Peconic has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 3 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Peconic and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Peconic, month by month
Peconic sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Peconic
The nearest airport, Tweed/New Haven, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Peconic
Schools across Peconic average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mattituck-cutchogue Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Southold Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Mattituck Junior-senior High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Southold Junior-senior High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Peconic school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Peconic 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 Peconic against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Peconic
Is Peconic a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Peconic ranks 9,079th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, an educated workforce, and health care access, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Peconic expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,062,039. The overall cost of living runs about 60% above the national average. Set against a $118,953 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Peconic safe?
Yes, Peconic is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $230 per resident a year.
Compare Peconic with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Peconic. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Peconic 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.
Peconic detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Peconic: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Peconic: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Peconic: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Peconic: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Peconic 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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