Best PlacesTerryville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Terryville, 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.
Terryville ranks 6,559th 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 Terryville
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.
Terryville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Terryville ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
Where Terryville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Terryville
A household needs to earn about $152,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Terryville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $113,342, 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 Terryville's effective rate of 1.97%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Terryville
Terryville's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Terryville.
Who works in Terryville, and how
Work in Terryville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Terryville
The coast is about 10 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Terryville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Terryville, month by month
Terryville sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Terryville
The nearest airport, Long Island MacArthur, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Terryville
Schools across Terryville average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Arrowhead Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Boyle Road Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Terryville Road SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Robert Cushman Murphy Junior High SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Ward Melville Senior High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- Comsewogue High SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
- Newfield High SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Terryville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Terryville 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 Terryville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Terryville
Is Terryville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Terryville ranks 6,559th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, and transit, 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 Terryville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $503,107. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $113,342 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Terryville safe?
Yes, Terryville is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $205 per resident a year.
Compare Terryville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Terryville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Terryville 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.
Terryville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Terryville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Terryville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Terryville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Terryville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Terryville 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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