Best PlacesStony Point, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stony Point, 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.
Stony Point ranks 8,141st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Stony Point
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.
Stony Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stony Point ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$132,009 median, better than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
Where Stony Point ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stony Point
A household needs to earn about $164,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stony Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $132,009, 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 Stony Point's effective rate of 2.26%, 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 Stony Point
Stony Point runs older than the country, 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 Stony Point.
Who works in Stony Point, and how
Work in Stony Point centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Stony Point
Stony Point has more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. The coast is about 37 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Stony Point and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Stony Point, month by month
Stony Point sees roughly 69 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 Stony Point
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 32 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stony Point
Schools across Stony Point average a B, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stony Point Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Thiells Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- West Haverstraw Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- James A Farley Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Monroe-woodbury Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Willow Grove Elementary SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Monroe-woodbury High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- North Rockland High SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Ramapo High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stony Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stony Point 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 Stony Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stony Point
Is Stony Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stony Point ranks 8,141st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stony Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $522,120. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $132,009 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Stony Point safe?
Yes, Stony Point is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $248 per resident a year.
Compare Stony Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stony Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stony Point 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.
Stony Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stony Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stony Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stony Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stony Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stony Point 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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