Best PlacesUpper Nyack, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Upper Nyack, 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 Nyack ranks 722nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Upper Nyack
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 Nyack's strengths and weaknesses
Where Upper Nyack ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$187,116 median, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
Where Upper Nyack ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute39.1 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Upper Nyack
A household needs to earn about $231,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Upper Nyack home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $187,116, 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 Nyack's effective rate of 2.52%, 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 Nyack
Upper Nyack runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Upper Nyack.
Who works in Upper Nyack, and how
Work in Upper Nyack centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Upper Nyack
The coast is about 23 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Upper Nyack, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Upper Nyack, month by month
Upper Nyack sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Upper Nyack
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 23 miles away.
The best schools in and around Upper Nyack
Schools across Upper Nyack average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Upper Nyack SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Liberty Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nyack Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Felix Festa Achievement Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Clarkstown North Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Nyack Senior High SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Upper Nyack school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Upper Nyack 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 Nyack against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Upper Nyack
Is Upper Nyack a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Upper Nyack ranks 722nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, high incomes, and big-city access, 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 Upper Nyack expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $715,214. The overall cost of living runs about 32% above the national average. Set against a $187,116 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Upper Nyack safe?
Yes, Upper Nyack is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $225 per resident a year.
Compare Upper Nyack with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Upper Nyack. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Upper Nyack 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 Nyack detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Upper Nyack: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Upper Nyack: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Upper Nyack: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Upper Nyack: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Upper Nyack 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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