Best PlacesWesley Hills, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wesley Hills, 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.
Wesley Hills ranks 2,580th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wesley Hills
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.
Wesley Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Wesley Hills ranks high
- Household income$216,376 median, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
Where Wesley Hills ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wesley Hills
A household needs to earn about $271,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wesley Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $216,376, 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 Wesley Hills' effective rate of 1.78%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Wesley Hills
Wesley Hills runs younger 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 Wesley Hills.
Who works in Wesley Hills, and how
Work in Wesley Hills centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Wesley Hills
The coast is about 34 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Wesley Hills, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wesley Hills, month by month
Wesley Hills sees roughly 68 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 Wesley Hills
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 28 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wesley Hills
Schools across Wesley Hills average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Viola Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Grandview Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Lime Kiln Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Suffern Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Pomona Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Suffern Senior High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- Ramapo High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wesley Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wesley Hills 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 Wesley Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wesley Hills
Is Wesley Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wesley Hills ranks 2,580th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, big-city access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wesley Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $915,685. The overall cost of living runs about 29% above the national average. Set against a $216,376 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Wesley Hills safe?
Wesley Hills is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $309 per resident a year.
Compare Wesley Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wesley Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wesley Hills 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.
Wesley Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wesley Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wesley Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wesley Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wesley Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wesley Hills 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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