Best PlacesPort Ewen, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Port Ewen, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Port Ewen ranks 8,575th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Port Ewen
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 Ewen's strengths and weaknesses
Where Port Ewen ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
Where Port Ewen ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Port Ewen
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Port Ewen home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,232, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Ewen's effective rate of 1.30%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Port Ewen
Port Ewen 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 Port Ewen.
Who works in Port Ewen, and how
Work in Port Ewen centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Port Ewen
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Port Ewen.
What the weather is like in Port Ewen, month by month
Port Ewen sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Port Ewen
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 67 miles away.
The best schools in and around Port Ewen
Schools across Port Ewen average an A−, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Robert R Graves SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- John F Kennedy SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bulkeley Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- J Watson Bailey Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Kingston High SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Port Ewen school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Port Ewen 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 Ewen against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Port Ewen
Is Port Ewen a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Port Ewen ranks 8,575th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cell coverage, and big-city access, and lowest on an overheated housing market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Port Ewen expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $280,050. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $81,232 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Port Ewen safe?
Port Ewen is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $294 per resident a year.
Compare Port Ewen with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Port Ewen. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Port Ewen 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 Ewen detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Port Ewen: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Port Ewen: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Port Ewen: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Port Ewen: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Port Ewen 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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