Tucker's Town, Bermuda
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Tucker's Town vs The Hamptons.

Tucker's Town leaves about $276K more of a $1M income in hand each year than The Hamptons, on the Patrician.ch 2026 model. 🇧🇲 Bermuda against 🇺🇸 New York, United States, compared on tax, residence, cost and the life.

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In short, current to October 2026

  • On $1,000,000 of income, Tucker's Town takes an effective 11% and The Hamptons takes 39%, so Tucker's Town leaves about $276K more in hand each year on the Patrician.ch 2026 model.
  • On a capital gain realized after residence begins, Tucker's Town charges 0% and The Hamptons charges 33%. On a $5,000,000 event that is a difference of about $1.7M.
  • Neither Tucker's Town nor The Hamptons is modeled on a special regime for arriving foreigners, so both run on ordinary resident rates.
  • Inheritance, what a child pays: up to 21% on Bermuda property in Tucker's Town, 40% above $15M, plus New York in The Hamptons.
  • Route in: Tucker's Town by Residence by investment. The Hamptons by Residence by investment, Founder & talent.
  • Cost of the life is 115 in Tucker's Town against 142 in The Hamptons on the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100, and safety 8 against 9 of 10. Both are Patrician.ch editorial indices scored by us, not published statistics.

Source: the Patrician.ch board, an original ranking of 100 residence addresses across 47 countries and territories. Tax rates, thresholds and routes are sourced. Cost, safety, schools, sun and beauty are Patrician.ch editorial indices. Figures current to October 2026. Updated . Cite as: Patrician.ch, Tucker's Town (Bermuda) vs The Hamptons (New York): tax, residence and cost 2026, patrician.ch/compare/tuckers-town-vs-the-hamptons/, October 2026.

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By the Patrician.ch research desk · Updated 29 October 2026 · 8 min read
Tucker's Town, Bermuda
Tucker's Town 🇧🇲 Bermuda
The Hamptons, United States
The Hamptons 🇺🇸 United States
Tucker's TownThe Hamptons
Effective tax at $300K9%30%
Effective tax at $1M11%39%
Effective tax at $3M4%45%
Kept after tax at $1M$888K$611K
Capital gains0%33%
Inheritance tax, childrenup to 21% on Bermuda property40% above $15M, plus New York
Cost index (Zurich 100)115142
A 200 m² prime home, US$Not publishedNot published
Prestige of address (editorial)8/1010/10
Safety8/109/10
Schools7/108/10
Sun hours2,6002,600
Supercar street index#95#25
Routes inResidence by investmentResidence by investment, Founder & talent
Net millionaire flow, 2025 forecast (country, Henley)n/a+7,500
Flight from London7h 55m nonstop8h 05m nonstop
Flight from New York2h 15m nonstopNearby
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Head to head

Effective income tax rate, % of income, at 3 incomes

$300K$1M$3MTucker's Town9%11%4%The Hamptons30%39%45%

Note: single filer, not a US citizen

Source: Patrician.ch 2026 tax model, built on official tax authority rates

Simplified marginal model, indicative 2026 brackets, non-US single filer, no social contributions, deductions, wealth taxes, or treaties. Inheritance is shown as it falls on a child, current to October 2026.

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How each profile reads.

For an executive on salary

Tucker's Town (Bermuda) keeps more of a $1M salary, $276K a year on this model. The Hamptons (New York) answers with schools and safety.

For a founder with an exit

Capital gains: Tucker's Town 0%, The Hamptons 33%. Neither city levies an annual wealth tax.

For a family

The Hamptons (New York) leads on schools and safety, Tucker's Town (Bermuda) on a lower cost. Sun hours are level.

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Which keeps more of a $1M income, Tucker's Town or The Hamptons?

Tucker's Town, by about $276K a year on Patrician.ch's 2026 model.

Tucker's Town takes an effective 11% of $1,000,000 and The Hamptons takes 39%. At $3,000,000 the rates are 4% and 45%.

Which taxes capital gains less, Tucker's Town or The Hamptons?

Tucker's Town, at 0% against 33% in The Hamptons.

On a $5,000,000 liquidity event realized after residence begins, the difference is about $1.7M.

Which is better for inheritance, Tucker's Town or The Hamptons?

Both tax children. What a child pays: up to 21% on Bermuda property in Tucker's Town, 40% above $15M, plus New York in The Hamptons.

Bermuda has no inheritance tax as such, but estate stamp duty falls on Bermuda property (local real estate, Bermuda dollar accounts, local shares) at 5.25% to 21% above BMD 100,000. A legacy to a spouse is deductible, and so is one designated family homestead where the owner has Bermudian status. Assets outside Bermuda are not in its scope. Federal estate tax at 40% above $15M per person, plus New York estate tax up to 16%. A US citizen spouse inherits free.

Which is cheaper to live in, Tucker's Town or The Hamptons?

Tucker's Town, at 115 on the Patrician.ch cost index against 142 for The Hamptons, where Zurich is 100.

Safety scores 8 of 10 in Tucker's Town and 9 of 10 in The Hamptons, schools 7 and 8. These are Patrician.ch editorial indices, not published statistics.

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