Best PlacesSpuyten Duyvil, Bronx, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, 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.
Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx ranks 673rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx
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.
Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- School gradeB+, better than 94% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
Where Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Short commute42.2 minutes each way, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $115,819, 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 Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx
Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx 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 Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx.
Who works in Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, and how
Work in Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 30%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 42%
Life in Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx
The coast is about 15 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, month by month
Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 70° | 61° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx
Laguardia sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 118 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx
Schools across Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx average a B+, better than 94% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Ps 24 Spuyten DuyvilA+ · 85% proficient
- Active Learning Elementary School (the)A+ · 80% proficient
- Ps 37 Multiple Intelligence SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Academy For New AmericansD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- High School-construction Trades Engineering & ArchitectureA+ · 97% proficient
- Marble Hill High School Of International StudiesA+ · 94% proficient
- Bronx Theatre High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx 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 Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx
Is Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx ranks 673rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on health care access, a stable housing market, and big-city access, and lowest on taxes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $432,089. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $115,819 median income, cost of living beats 78% of neighborhoods.
Is Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx safe?
Yes, Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx is safer than 87% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $263 per resident a year.
Compare Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx 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.
Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx 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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