Best PlacesSyosset, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Syosset, 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.
Syosset ranks 975th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Syosset
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.
Syosset's strengths and weaknesses
Where Syosset ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Household income$190,059 median, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
Where Syosset ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Short commute39.9 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Syosset
A household needs to earn about $271,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Syosset home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $190,059, 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 Syosset's effective rate of 2.01%, 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 Syosset
Syosset runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Syosset.
Who works in Syosset, and how
Work in Syosset centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Syosset
Syosset has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns. The coast is about 13 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Syosset and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Syosset, month by month
Syosset sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 69° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Syosset
John F Kennedy International sits about 19 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 31.0 million passengers in 2025, with 249 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Syosset
Schools across Syosset average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Village Elementary SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Robbins Lane Elementary SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- South Grove Elementary SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Woods Middle SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- H B Thompson Middle SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Hicksville Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Syosset Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Cold Spring Harbor High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Hicksville High SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Syosset school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Syosset 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 Syosset against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Syosset suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 95% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 26% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Syosset
Is Syosset a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Syosset ranks 975th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, high incomes, and big-city access, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Syosset expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $889,527. The overall cost of living runs about 42% above the national average. Set against a $190,059 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Syosset safe?
Yes, Syosset is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $301 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Syosset?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 26. That works out to about 76 pleasant days a year, more than 38% of towns.
Is Syosset good for families?
Schools beat 100% of towns, crime safety beats 56%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare Syosset with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Syosset. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Syosset 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.
Syosset detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Syosset: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Syosset: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Syosset: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Syosset: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Syosset 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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