Best PlacesScotts Corners, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Scotts Corners, 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.
Scotts Corners ranks 864th 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 Scotts Corners
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.
Scotts Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Scotts Corners ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$250,001 median, better than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
Where Scotts Corners ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Short commute36.7 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Scotts Corners
A household needs to earn about $304,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Scotts Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $250,001, 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 Scotts Corners' effective rate of 1.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Scotts Corners
Scotts Corners runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Scotts Corners.
Who works in Scotts Corners, and how
Work in Scotts Corners centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 55%
- Work from home 35%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Scotts Corners
Scotts Corners has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. The coast is about 19 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Scotts Corners and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Scotts Corners, month by month
Scotts Corners sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Scotts Corners
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 33 miles away.
The best schools in and around Scotts Corners
Schools across Scotts Corners average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pound Ridge Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Scofield Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- New Canaan High SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Wilton High SchoolA · 79% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Scotts Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Scotts Corners 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 Scotts Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Scotts Corners
Is Scotts Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Scotts Corners ranks 864th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, health care access, and what local pay buys, 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 Scotts Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,056,900. The overall cost of living runs about 40% above the national average. Set against a $250,001 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Scotts Corners safe?
Scotts Corners is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $299 per resident a year.
Compare Scotts Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Scotts Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Scotts Corners 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.
Scotts Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Scotts Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Scotts Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Scotts Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Scotts Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Scotts Corners 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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