Best PlacesPlandome Manor, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Plandome 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.
Plandome Manor ranks 655th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Plandome 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.
Plandome Manor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Plandome Manor ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$209,785 median, better than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
Where Plandome Manor ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Short commute35.6 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Plandome Manor
A household needs to earn about $420,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Plandome Manor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $209,785, 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 Plandome Manor's effective rate of 1.46%, 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 Plandome Manor
Plandome Manor runs older than the country, 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 Plandome Manor.
Who works in Plandome Manor, and how
Work in Plandome Manor centers on finance & insurance and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 42%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 26%
Life in Plandome Manor
Plandome Manor has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 6 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Plandome Manor and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Plandome Manor, month by month
Plandome Manor sees roughly 69 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 Plandome Manor
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 Plandome Manor
Schools across Plandome Manor average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- E M Baker SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- John Philip Sousa Elementary SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- South Salem Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manhasset Middle SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Carrie Palmer Weber Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Manhasset Secondary SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Paul D Schreiber Senior High SchoolA+ · 99% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Plandome Manor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Plandome 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 Plandome Manor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Plandome Manor
Is Plandome Manor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Plandome Manor ranks 655th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on car insurance costs and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Plandome Manor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,472,677. The overall cost of living runs about 52% above the national average. Set against a $209,785 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Plandome Manor safe?
Plandome Manor is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $304 per resident a year.
Compare Plandome Manor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Plandome Manor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Plandome 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.
Plandome Manor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Plandome Manor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Plandome Manor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Plandome Manor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Plandome Manor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Plandome 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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