Best PlacesTarrytown, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tarrytown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tarrytown ranks 29,929th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tarrytown
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.
Tarrytown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tarrytown ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 128 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
Where Tarrytown ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 22% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tarrytown
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tarrytown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,647, 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 Tarrytown's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 Tarrytown
Tarrytown 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 Tarrytown.
Who works in Tarrytown, and how
Work in Tarrytown centers on construction and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Tarrytown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tarrytown.
What the weather is like in Tarrytown, month by month
Tarrytown sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Tarrytown
The nearest airport, Middle Georgia Regional, is about 70 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 135 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tarrytown
Schools across Tarrytown average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Treutlen Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Montgomery County Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Montgomery County Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- J. R. Trippe Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Montgomery County High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Treutlen Middle/high SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Vidalia Comprehensive High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tarrytown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tarrytown 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 Tarrytown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tarrytown
Is Tarrytown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tarrytown ranks 29,929th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, fast internet, and the weather, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tarrytown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $131,855. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $66,647 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Tarrytown safe?
Yes, Tarrytown is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $265 per resident a year.
Compare Tarrytown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tarrytown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tarrytown 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.
Tarrytown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tarrytown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tarrytown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tarrytown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tarrytown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tarrytown 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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