Best PlacesPelham Manor, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pelham Manor, 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.
Pelham Manor ranks 745th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pelham Manor
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.
Pelham Manor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pelham Manor ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
Where Pelham Manor ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- 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 5% of towns
- Short commute39.4 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pelham Manor
A household needs to earn about $352,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pelham Manor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $237,841, 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 Pelham Manor's effective rate of 2.29%, 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 Pelham Manor
Pelham Manor'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 Pelham Manor.
Who works in Pelham Manor, and how
Work in Pelham Manor centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 45%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 30%
Life in Pelham Manor
Pelham Manor has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of towns. The coast is about 4 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Pelham Manor and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pelham Manor, month by month
Pelham Manor sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 70° | 61° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Pelham Manor
Laguardia sits about 9 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 Pelham Manor
Schools across Pelham Manor average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Prospect Hill SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Siwanoy SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Active Learning Elementary School (the)A+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pelham Middle SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Academy For New AmericansD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- High School-construction Trades Engineering & ArchitectureA+ · 97% proficient
- Pelham Memorial High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pelham Manor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pelham Manor 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 Pelham Manor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pelham Manor
Is Pelham Manor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pelham Manor ranks 745th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, population health, and transit, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pelham Manor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,120,036. The overall cost of living runs about 38% above the national average. Set against a $237,841 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Pelham Manor safe?
Pelham Manor is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $424 per resident a year.
Compare Pelham Manor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pelham Manor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pelham Manor 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.
Pelham Manor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pelham Manor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pelham Manor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pelham Manor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pelham Manor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pelham Manor 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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