Best PlacesUpper Brookville, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Upper Brookville, 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.
Upper Brookville ranks 465th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Upper Brookville
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.
Upper Brookville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Upper Brookville ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$242,716 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
Where Upper Brookville ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute36.1 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Upper Brookville
A household needs to earn about $552,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Upper Brookville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $242,716, 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 Upper Brookville's effective rate of 1.53%, 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 Upper Brookville
Upper Brookville 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 Upper Brookville.
Who works in Upper Brookville, and how
Work in Upper Brookville centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Upper Brookville
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Upper Brookville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Upper Brookville, month by month
Upper Brookville sees roughly 75 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 Upper Brookville
Laguardia sits about 17 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 118 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Upper Brookville
Schools across Upper Brookville average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Harbor Hill SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Glen Head Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- North Shore Middle SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
Top middle schools
- Locust Valley Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top high schools
- Jericho Senior High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Locust Valley High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Oyster Bay High SchoolA · 76% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Upper Brookville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Upper Brookville 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 Upper Brookville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Upper Brookville
Is Upper Brookville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Upper Brookville ranks 465th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, high incomes, and an educated workforce, and lowest on childcare costs 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 Upper Brookville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,919,191. The overall cost of living runs about 50% above the national average. Set against a $242,716 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Upper Brookville safe?
Yes, Upper Brookville is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $207 per resident a year.
Compare Upper Brookville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Upper Brookville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Upper Brookville 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.
Upper Brookville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Upper Brookville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Upper Brookville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Upper Brookville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Upper Brookville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Upper Brookville 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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