Best PlacesWoodmere, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodmere, 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.
Woodmere ranks 1,230th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Woodmere
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.
Woodmere's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodmere ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$192,373 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
Where Woodmere ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Short commute39.7 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodmere
A household needs to earn about $299,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodmere home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $192,373, 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 Woodmere's effective rate of 1.58%, 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 Woodmere
Woodmere 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 Woodmere.
Who works in Woodmere, and how
Work in Woodmere centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Woodmere
Woodmere has more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. The coast is about 8 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Woodmere and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Woodmere, month by month
Woodmere sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 43° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 70° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Woodmere
John F Kennedy International sits about 3 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 Woodmere
Schools across Woodmere average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hewlett Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Ogden Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Ps 195 William HaberleB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodmere Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- George W Hewlett High SchoolA+ · 96% proficient
- Valley Stream South High SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Lawrence Senior High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodmere school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodmere 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 Woodmere against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodmere
Is Woodmere a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodmere ranks 1,230th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, high incomes, and an educated workforce, and lowest on car insurance costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woodmere expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,033,634. The overall cost of living runs about 40% above the national average. Set against a $192,373 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Woodmere safe?
Woodmere is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $298 per resident a year.
Compare Woodmere with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodmere. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodmere 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.
Woodmere detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodmere: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodmere: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodmere: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodmere: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodmere 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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