Best PlacesPiermont, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Piermont, 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.
Piermont ranks 4,787th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Piermont
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.
Piermont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Piermont ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
Where Piermont ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute43.0 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Piermont
A household needs to earn about $191,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Piermont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $131,671, 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 Piermont's effective rate of 2.05%, 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 Piermont
Piermont runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Piermont.
Who works in Piermont, and how
Work in Piermont centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Piermont
Piermont has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns. The coast is about 24 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Piermont and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Piermont, month by month
Piermont sees roughly 65 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 Piermont
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 18 miles away.
The best schools in and around Piermont
Schools across Piermont average an A−, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cottage Lane Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Orangetown Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Tappan Zee High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Piermont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Piermont 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 Piermont against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Piermont
Is Piermont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Piermont ranks 4,787th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, health care access, and biking, and lowest on property taxes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Piermont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $624,467. The overall cost of living runs about 26% above the national average. Set against a $131,671 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Piermont safe?
Yes, Piermont is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare Piermont with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Piermont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Piermont 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.
Piermont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Piermont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Piermont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Piermont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Piermont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Piermont 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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