Best PlacesRoslyn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roslyn, 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.
Roslyn ranks 562nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Roslyn
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.
Roslyn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Roslyn ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$175,179 median, better than 99% of towns
Where Roslyn ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Short commute34.9 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Roslyn
A household needs to earn about $278,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roslyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $175,179, 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 Roslyn's effective rate of 1.58%, 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 Roslyn
Roslyn runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Roslyn.
Who works in Roslyn, and how
Work in Roslyn centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Roslyn
Roslyn has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns. The coast is about 10 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Roslyn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Roslyn, month by month
Roslyn 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 Roslyn
Laguardia sits about 11 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 Roslyn
Schools across Roslyn average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Center Street SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Top middle schools
- Roslyn Middle SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Herricks Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
Top high schools
- Herricks High SchoolA+ · 99% proficient
- Roslyn High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roslyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roslyn 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 Roslyn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Roslyn
Is Roslyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roslyn ranks 562nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, big-city access, and an educated workforce, 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 Roslyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $960,481. The overall cost of living runs about 46% above the national average. Set against a $175,179 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Roslyn safe?
Yes, Roslyn is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $283 per resident a year.
Compare Roslyn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roslyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roslyn 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.
Roslyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roslyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roslyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roslyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roslyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roslyn 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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