Best PlacesSag Harbor, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sag Harbor, 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.
Sag Harbor ranks 3,008th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sag Harbor
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.
Sag Harbor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sag Harbor ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$150,629 median, better than 97% of towns
Where Sag Harbor ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% 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 Sag Harbor
A household needs to earn about $394,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sag Harbor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $150,629, 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 Sag Harbor's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor 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 Sag Harbor.
Who works in Sag Harbor, and how
Work in Sag Harbor centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns and more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. The coast is about 11 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Sag Harbor and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sag Harbor, month by month
Sag Harbor sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Sag Harbor
The nearest airport, Westerly State, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 68 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sag Harbor
Schools across Sag Harbor average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- John M Marshall Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Sag Harbor Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Hampton Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- East Hampton High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Pierson Middle/high SchoolA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sag Harbor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sag Harbor 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 Sag Harbor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sag Harbor
Is Sag Harbor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sag Harbor ranks 3,008th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, health care access, and walkability, 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 Sag Harbor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,590,335. The overall cost of living runs about 96% above the national average. Set against a $150,629 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Sag Harbor safe?
Sag Harbor is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $317 per resident a year.
Compare Sag Harbor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sag Harbor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sag Harbor 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.
Sag Harbor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sag Harbor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sag Harbor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sag Harbor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sag Harbor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sag Harbor 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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