Best PlacesPort Washington North, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Port Washington North, 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.
Port Washington North ranks 1,391st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Port Washington North
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 Washington North's strengths and weaknesses
Where Port Washington North ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
Where Port Washington North ranks low
- Short commute43.2 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Port Washington North
A household needs to earn about $293,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Port Washington North home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $143,150, 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 Washington North's effective rate of 1.35%, 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 Washington North
Port Washington North 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 Washington North.
Who works in Port Washington North, and how
Work in Port Washington North centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 52%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 29%
Life in Port Washington North
Port Washington North has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of towns. The coast is about 3 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Port Washington North and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Port Washington North, month by month
Port Washington North 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 Port Washington North
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 Port Washington North
Schools across Port Washington North average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- John J Daly Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Guggenheim Elementary SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
Top middle schools
- Carrie Palmer Weber Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Paul D Schreiber Senior High SchoolA+ · 99% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Port Washington North school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Port Washington North 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 Washington North against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Port Washington North
Is Port Washington North a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Port Washington North ranks 1,391st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, walkability, and health care access, and lowest on long commutes 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 Washington North expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,043,832. The overall cost of living runs about 47% above the national average. Set against a $143,150 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Port Washington North safe?
Port Washington North is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.
Compare Port Washington North with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Port Washington North. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Port Washington North 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 Washington North detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Port Washington North: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Port Washington North: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Port Washington North: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Port Washington North: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Port Washington North 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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