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For most people who can afford it, yes. Sag Harbor grades A overall, 108th among New York's 745 graded towns. It is healthier than 95% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $130K. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $2.3 million, 23.3 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 100% of U.S. towns, with 1 place on the National Register. 35% of residents are 65 or older in Sag Harbor, where New York’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 18%. Sag Harbor is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 109 of New York’s 1,216 towns do better.
Where Sag Harbor beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,723 in 1870, 2,772 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1873 and 3 maps from 1903 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Sag Harbor is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 1%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sag Harbor, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Sag Harbor.
Sag Harbor is a second-home town and draws workers from Southampton and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York.
At 23.3 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $2.31M) costs more against local pay than in any other New York town; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
Sag Harbor’s median rent is $3,501 a month. Typical home values rose 5.8% in the year to September 2026. 83% of households own their home in Sag Harbor.
| Sag Harbor | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,501 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 83% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1.8 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. The trail density in Sag Harbor is 1.0 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Little Northwest Creek Tidal Wetland, at 54 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mashashimuet Park | 0.8 mi | 33 |
| 2. Little Northwest Creek Tidal Wetland | — | 54 |
| 3. Havens Beach Park | — | 18 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 7.7% of its 2,296 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
26% of Sag Harbor adults feel lonely. Sag Harbor beats the New York average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 12% of Sag Harbor adults report frequent mental distress.
| Sag Harbor | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.1% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Sag Harbor | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.7% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.3% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1,367 jobs are based in Sag Harbor, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 18.2 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Sag Harbor for work: only 13% work in town. Jobs based in Sag Harbor grew to 1,367 in 2023, 335 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Southampton (23%), East Hampton (20%) and New York (19%).
| Sag Harbor | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $130,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
112 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 11 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 92% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 112 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Sag Harbor.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Sag Harbor has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 24° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Sag Harbor's reported crime rate is well below New York's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. No violent crimes were reported in 2025.
| Sag Harbor | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 9.2 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sag Harbor. Close and well known come first.
36 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun Arena
23 mi State parkCamp Hero State Park
31 mi State parkGillette Castle State Park
23 mi LighthouseMontauk Point Light
31 mi MuseumMystic Seaport
40 mi MuseumYale University Art GalleryMohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Camp Hero State Park: Transpoman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gillette Castle State Park: Original uploader was Kevinpepin at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Montauk Point Light: Wolfgang Wander, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mystic Seaport: Joethon, Public domain · Yale University Art Gallery: Ragesoss, Public domain
None within 15 miles of Sag Harbor; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Sag Harbor residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
2,169 counted in 2010 and 2,772 in 2020; an estimated 2,841 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
8 notable people were born in Sag Harbor.
Village in New York, United States
Sag Harbor is an incorporated village in Suffolk County, New York, United States, in the towns of Southampton and East Hampton on eastern Long Island. The village developed as a working port on Gardiners Bay. The population was 2,772 at the time of the 2020 census. The entire business district is listed as the historic Sag Harbor Village District on the National Register of Historic Places. A major whaling and shipping port in the 19th century, by the end of this period and in the 20th century, it became a destination for wealthy people who summered there. Sag Harbor is about three-fifths in Southampton and two-fifths in East Hampton; the town boundary being Division Street. Its landmarks i…
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3 towns share a border with Sag Harbor.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sag Harbor | #108 | A | D− | — | A− | A |
| Noyack | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Northwest Harbor | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wainscott | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sag Harbor reports no FBI crime data of its own. Noyack, Northwest Harbor and Wainscott aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Sag Harbor with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Sag Harbor grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #108 of 745 in New York. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
8 notable people were born here, including Prentice Mulford and George Sterling.
