Best PlacesWingdale, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wingdale, 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.
Wingdale ranks 8,224th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wingdale
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.
Wingdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wingdale ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$134,307 median, better than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 91% of towns
Where Wingdale ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Short commute36.2 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wingdale
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wingdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $134,307, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Wingdale's effective rate of 1.55%, 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 Wingdale
Wingdale's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wingdale.
Who works in Wingdale, and how
Work in Wingdale centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Wingdale
Wingdale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Wingdale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wingdale, month by month
Wingdale sees roughly 98 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Wingdale
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 49 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wingdale
Schools across Wingdale average a B+, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Vail Farm Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Union Vale Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Dover Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Arlington High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Dover High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wingdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wingdale 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 Wingdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wingdale
Is Wingdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wingdale ranks 8,224th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on car insurance costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wingdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $360,333. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $134,307 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Wingdale safe?
Yes, Wingdale is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.
Compare Wingdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wingdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wingdale 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.
Wingdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wingdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wingdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wingdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wingdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wingdale 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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