Best PlacesPort Chester, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Port Chester, 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.
Port Chester ranks 748th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Port Chester
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.
Port Chester's strengths and weaknesses
Where Port Chester ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of cities
- TransitBetter than 93% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of cities
Where Port Chester ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Port Chester
A household needs to earn about $178,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Port Chester home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $110,628, 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 Port Chester's effective rate of 1.92%, 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 Port Chester
Port Chester'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 Port Chester.
Who works in Port Chester, and how
Work in Port Chester centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 24%
Life in Port Chester
Port Chester has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of cities and more parkland per resident than 77% of cities. The coast is about 2 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Port Chester and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Port Chester, month by month
Port Chester 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 Port Chester
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 19 miles away.
The best schools in and around Port Chester
Schools across Port Chester average a B+, better than 81% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Park Avenue SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- King Street SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Thomas A Edison SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Port Chester Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Port Chester Senior High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Port Chester school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Port Chester 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 Port Chester against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Port Chester suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Port Chester
Is Port Chester a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Port Chester ranks 748th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on walkability, fast internet, and big-city access, and lowest on noise 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 Port Chester expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $589,928. The overall cost of living runs about 26% above the national average. Set against a $110,628 median income, cost of living beats 40% of cities.
Is Port Chester safe?
Port Chester is safer than 52% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $325 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Port Chester?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 24. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 16% of cities.
Is Port Chester good for families?
Schools beat 81% of cities, crime safety beats 52%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare Port Chester with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Port Chester. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Port Chester 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.
Port Chester detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Port Chester: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Port Chester: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Port Chester: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Port Chester: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Port Chester 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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