Best PlacesSleepy Hollow, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sleepy Hollow, 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.
Sleepy Hollow ranks 3,401st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sleepy Hollow
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.
Sleepy Hollow's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sleepy Hollow ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
Where Sleepy Hollow ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sleepy Hollow
A household needs to earn about $239,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sleepy Hollow home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $117,575, 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 Sleepy Hollow's effective rate of 2.09%, 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 Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sleepy Hollow.
Who works in Sleepy Hollow, and how
Work in Sleepy Hollow centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 53%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 28%
Life in Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of towns and more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. The coast is about 17 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Sleepy Hollow and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sleepy Hollow, month by month
Sleepy Hollow sees roughly 65 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 Sleepy Hollow
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 21 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sleepy Hollow
Schools across Sleepy Hollow average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pocantico Hills Central SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Washington Irving Interm SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sleepy Hollow Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Sleepy Hollow High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sleepy Hollow school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sleepy Hollow 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 Sleepy Hollow against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sleepy Hollow
Is Sleepy Hollow a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sleepy Hollow ranks 3,401st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, biking, and transit, 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 Sleepy Hollow expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $777,032. The overall cost of living runs about 49% above the national average. Set against a $117,575 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Sleepy Hollow safe?
Sleepy Hollow is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $337 per resident a year.
Compare Sleepy Hollow with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sleepy Hollow. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sleepy Hollow 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.
Sleepy Hollow detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sleepy Hollow: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sleepy Hollow: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sleepy Hollow: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sleepy Hollow: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sleepy Hollow 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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