Best PlacesTennanah Lake, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tennanah Lake, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tennanah Lake ranks 16,187th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tennanah Lake
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.
Tennanah Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tennanah Lake ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
Where Tennanah Lake ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tennanah Lake
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tennanah Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,233, 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 Tennanah Lake's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tennanah Lake
Tennanah Lake 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 Tennanah Lake.
Who works in Tennanah Lake, and how
Work in Tennanah Lake centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Tennanah Lake
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tennanah Lake.
What the weather is like in Tennanah Lake, month by month
Tennanah Lake sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Tennanah Lake
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 93 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tennanah Lake
Schools across Tennanah Lake average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sullivan West Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Sullivan West High School At Lake HuntingtonA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tennanah Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tennanah Lake 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 Tennanah Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tennanah Lake
Is Tennanah Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tennanah Lake ranks 16,187th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, tree cover, and civic engagement, and lowest on an overheated housing market 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 Tennanah Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $300,264. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $83,233 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Tennanah Lake safe?
Yes, Tennanah Lake is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
Compare Tennanah Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tennanah Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tennanah Lake 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.
Tennanah Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tennanah Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tennanah Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tennanah Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tennanah Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tennanah Lake 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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