Best PlacesSomers, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Somers, 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.
Somers ranks 1,557th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Somers
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.
Somers' strengths and weaknesses
Where Somers ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Household income$149,961 median, better than 97% of towns
Where Somers ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Short commute36.6 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Somers
A household needs to earn about $175,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Somers home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $149,961, 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 Somers' effective rate of 1.46%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Somers
Somers 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 Somers.
Who works in Somers, and how
Work in Somers centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Somers
Somers has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns. The coast is about 30 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Somers and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Somers, month by month
Somers sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 21° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Somers
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Somers
Schools across Somers average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Somers Intermediate SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Pequenakonck Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Somers Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Somers Senior High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- North Salem Middle School/high SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Somers school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Somers 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 Somers against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Somers
Is Somers a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Somers ranks 1,557th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and big-city access, and lowest on childcare costs 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 Somers expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $612,974. The overall cost of living runs about 24% above the national average. Set against a $149,961 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Somers safe?
Yes, Somers is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $237 per resident a year.
Compare Somers with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Somers. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Somers 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.
Somers detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Somers: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Somers: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Somers: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Somers: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Somers 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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