Best PlacesWest Gilgo Beach, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around West Gilgo Beach, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
West Gilgo Beach ranks 12,987th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in West Gilgo Beach
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.
West Gilgo Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where West Gilgo Beach ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
Where West Gilgo Beach ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in West Gilgo Beach
A household needs to earn about $127,000 a year to comfortably buy the median West Gilgo Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $98,188, 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 West Gilgo Beach's effective rate of 1.33%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in West Gilgo Beach
West Gilgo Beach 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 West Gilgo Beach.
Who works in West Gilgo Beach, and how
Work in West Gilgo Beach centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in West Gilgo Beach
The coast is about 0 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across West Gilgo Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in West Gilgo Beach, month by month
West Gilgo Beach sees roughly 74 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 West Gilgo Beach
John F Kennedy International sits about 19 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 31.0 million passengers in 2025, with 249 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around West Gilgo Beach
Schools across West Gilgo Beach average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Seaford Harbor SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Babylon Memorial Grade SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Birch Lane Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seaford Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Seaford Senior High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Babylon Junior-senior High SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every West Gilgo Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
West Gilgo Beach 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 West Gilgo Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in West Gilgo Beach
Is West Gilgo Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, West Gilgo Beach ranks 12,987th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, cell coverage, 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 West Gilgo Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $454,800. The overall cost of living runs about 31% above the national average. Set against a $98,188 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is West Gilgo Beach safe?
West Gilgo Beach is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $457 per resident a year.
Compare West Gilgo Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to West Gilgo Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in West Gilgo Beach 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.
West Gilgo Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for West Gilgo Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in West Gilgo Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of West Gilgo Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in West Gilgo Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
West Gilgo Beach 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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