Best PlacesPeekskill, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Peekskill, 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.
Peekskill ranks 1,051st 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.
The best neighborhoods in Peekskill
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.
Peekskill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Peekskill ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 95% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of cities
- School gradeA−, better than 89% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of cities
Where Peekskill ranks low
- Short commute37.1 minutes each way, better than only 3% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 11% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Peekskill
A household needs to earn about $114,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Peekskill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $89,846, 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 Peekskill's effective rate of 1.87%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Peekskill
Peekskill runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Peekskill.
Who works in Peekskill, and how
Work in Peekskill 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 74%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Peekskill
Peekskill has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. The coast is about 34 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Peekskill and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Peekskill, month by month
Peekskill sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 60° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Peekskill
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around Peekskill
Schools across Peekskill average an A−, better than 89% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Van Cortlandtville SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Hillcrest SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Peekskill Middle SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Lakeland-copper Beech Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Walter Panas High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Peekskill High SchoolA · 79% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Peekskill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Peekskill 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 Peekskill against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Peekskill suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Peekskill
Is Peekskill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Peekskill ranks 1,051st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on walkability, tree cover, and big-city access, 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 Peekskill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $381,400. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $89,846 median income, cost of living beats 28% of cities.
Is Peekskill safe?
Peekskill is safer than 33% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $371 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Peekskill?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 37 with lows near 23. That works out to about 73 pleasant days a year, more than 32% of cities.
Is Peekskill good for families?
Schools beat 89% of cities, crime safety beats 33%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare Peekskill with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Peekskill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Peekskill 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.
Peekskill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Peekskill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Peekskill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Peekskill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Peekskill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Peekskill 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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