Best PlacesWoodsburgh, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodsburgh, 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.
Woodsburgh ranks 632nd 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 Woodsburgh
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.
Woodsburgh's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodsburgh ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$250,001 median, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
Where Woodsburgh ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Short commute39.2 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodsburgh
A household needs to earn about $496,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodsburgh home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $250,001, 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 Woodsburgh's effective rate of 1.95%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Woodsburgh
Woodsburgh runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Woodsburgh.
Who works in Woodsburgh, and how
Work in Woodsburgh centers on health care & social and wholesale trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Woodsburgh
The coast is about 7 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Woodsburgh, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Woodsburgh, month by month
Woodsburgh 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 Woodsburgh
John F Kennedy International sits about 4 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 Woodsburgh
Schools across Woodsburgh average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hewlett Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodmere Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- George W Hewlett High SchoolA+ · 96% proficient
- Lawrence Senior High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodsburgh school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodsburgh 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 Woodsburgh against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodsburgh
Is Woodsburgh a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodsburgh ranks 632nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, what local pay buys, and an educated workforce, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woodsburgh expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,639,200. The overall cost of living runs about 42% above the national average. Set against a $250,001 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Woodsburgh safe?
Yes, Woodsburgh is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare Woodsburgh with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodsburgh. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodsburgh 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.
Woodsburgh detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodsburgh: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodsburgh: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodsburgh: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodsburgh: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodsburgh 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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