Rankings · How Brightwaters ranks in NY
Brightwaters is #1 in New York for health insurance
Brightwaters is ranked on 32 lists against the 777 New York towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 11.
Lists ranked on
32
of NY’s 777 ranked towns
Top-10 finishes
1
Best: #1 fewest uninsured
Top-quarter finishes
11
of 19 lists where higher is better
Strongest area
Health
Top 2% on average
★ What stands out · Where it shines
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every NY town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Brightwaters marked.
What kind of place
Milder winters than 97% of New York
Not better or worse, just Brightwaters’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Milder winters than 97% of NY towns
Colder wintersMilder winters
25.7° January low
More year-round than 96% of NY towns
Year-roundVacation homes
0% of homes are seasonal
More kids than 92% of NY towns
Fewer kidsMore kids
27% of residents are under 18
Longer growing season than 92% of NY towns
Shorter seasonLonger season
207 days between frosts
Less snow than 89% of NY towns
Less snowMore snow
32 in of snow a year
Steadier prices than 82% of NY towns
Steadier pricesPrices rising fast
+46.6% in home prices, 5 years
Hotter summers than 78% of NY towns
Cooler summersHotter summers
83.2° July high
Fewer seniors than 77% of NY towns
Fewer seniorsMore seniors
16.5% of residents are 65+
Wetter than 65% of NY towns
DrierWetter
45 in of rain + melted snow a year
Younger than 59% of NY towns
YoungerOlder
41.8 median age
At a glance
Brightwaters lands in the top half on 13 of 19 lists
Each dot is Brightwaters’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NY, the right end is last. Areas where Brightwaters does best come first.
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