Best PlacesRemsenburg, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Remsenburg, 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.
Remsenburg ranks 2,308th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Remsenburg
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.
Remsenburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Remsenburg ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$180,625 median, better than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
Where Remsenburg ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Remsenburg
A household needs to earn about $327,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Remsenburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $180,625, 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 Remsenburg's effective rate of 1.15%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Remsenburg
Remsenburg 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 Remsenburg.
Who works in Remsenburg, and how
Work in Remsenburg centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Remsenburg
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Remsenburg, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Remsenburg, month by month
Remsenburg sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 22° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Remsenburg
The nearest airport, Long Island MacArthur, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 57 miles away.
The best schools in and around Remsenburg
Schools across Remsenburg average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Moriches Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Remsenburg-speonk Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Moriches SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Westhampton Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
Top high schools
- Westhampton Beach Senior High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Eastport-south Manor Junior Senior High SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Remsenburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Remsenburg 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 Remsenburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Remsenburg
Is Remsenburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Remsenburg ranks 2,308th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, high incomes, and fast internet, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Remsenburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,194,600. The overall cost of living runs about 55% above the national average. Set against a $180,625 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Remsenburg safe?
Yes, Remsenburg is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
Compare Remsenburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Remsenburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Remsenburg 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.
Remsenburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Remsenburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Remsenburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Remsenburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Remsenburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Remsenburg 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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