Best PlacesSaltaire, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Saltaire, 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.
Saltaire ranks 48,011th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Saltaire
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.
Saltaire's strengths and weaknesses
Where Saltaire ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
Where Saltaire ranks low
- Short commute55.2 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Saltaire
A household needs to earn about $192,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Saltaire home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $41,711, 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 Saltaire's effective rate of 1.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Saltaire
Saltaire runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Saltaire.
Who works in Saltaire, and how
Work in Saltaire centers on wholesale trade and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 52%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 25%
Life in Saltaire
The coast is about 2 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Saltaire, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Saltaire, month by month
Saltaire sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Saltaire
The nearest airport, Long Island MacArthur, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 31 miles away.
The best schools in and around Saltaire
Schools across Saltaire average an A−, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Woodhull SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Islip Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- West Islip Senior High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Saltaire school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Saltaire 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 Saltaire against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Saltaire
Is Saltaire a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Saltaire ranks 48,011th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, big-city access, and good schools, and lowest on long commutes and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Saltaire expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $661,500. The overall cost of living runs about 54% above the national average. Set against a $41,711 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Saltaire safe?
Saltaire is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,009 per resident a year.
Compare Saltaire with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Saltaire. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Saltaire 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.
Saltaire detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Saltaire: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Saltaire: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Saltaire: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Saltaire: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Saltaire 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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