Best PlacesSalt Point, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Salt Point, 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.
Salt Point ranks 2,915th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Salt Point
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.
Salt Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Salt Point ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$128,443 median, better than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
Where Salt Point ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Short commute36.3 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Salt Point
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Salt Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $128,443, 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 Salt Point's effective rate of 1.62%, 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 Salt Point
Salt Point runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Salt Point.
Who works in Salt Point, and how
Work in Salt Point centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Salt Point
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Salt Point.
What the weather is like in Salt Point, month by month
Salt Point 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 Salt Point
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Salt Point
Schools across Salt Point average an A−, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Netherwood SchoolA · 65% proficient
- North Park Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- West Road/d'aquannis Intermediate SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Millbrook Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Lagrange Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Haviland Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Arlington High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Franklin D Roosevelt Senior High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Millbrook High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Salt Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Salt Point 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 Salt Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Salt Point
Is Salt Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Salt Point ranks 2,915th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on property taxes 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 Salt Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $369,388. The overall cost of living runs about 19% above the national average. Set against a $128,443 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Salt Point safe?
Yes, Salt Point is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $165 per resident a year.
Compare Salt Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Salt Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Salt Point 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.
Salt Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Salt Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Salt Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Salt Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Salt Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Salt Point 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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