Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Babylon’s best subject grades are an A for walkability and incomes and an A− for health; its weakest is a D− for cost of living. Babylon’s median rent is $2,168 a month, above both the New York town median ($1,098 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Only 108 of New York’s 1,215 towns score lower on cost of living. 11% of the land in Babylon is conserved, against 5.2% in New York’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Babylon has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Long Island National Cemetery and Nathaniel Conklin House. Babylon has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and schools, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
Where Babylon beats most towns.
Coastal flooding makes up 14% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Babylon is from typical.
Babylon has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and schools, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,739 in 1880, 218,223 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1888 and 6 maps from 1901 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Babylon. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw36 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw35 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumCentral Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Babylon, 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 Babylon.
The typical Babylon home is worth about $761,000, up 1.2% in a year, 45% above the New York typical home. 57% of renter households spend 30% or more of their income on rent in Babylon.
| Babylon | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 57% | 49% | 48% |
| Households that own their home | 78% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Three of its 50 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindenhurst Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,260 | B− |
| Lindenhurst Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,868 | A |
| West Babylon Senior High SchoolTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,228 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts
Babylon beats the New York average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 16% of Babylon adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Babylon | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Babylon | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.4% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 14.4% | 17.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 4,003 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Babylon.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Babylon has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 26° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in 5 of Babylon’s working residents works in town. The median household income in Babylon is $128,000. The top destinations are New York (21%), Islip (11%) and Hempstead (10%).
| Babylon | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $128,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 21% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.1% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
45 miles of trail in 51 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Gilgo State Park, 1,296 acres with 1.2 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Edgewood Oak Brush Plains Preserve | 15.5 mi | 496 |
| 2. Robert Moses State Park (Long Island) | 3 mi | 417 |
| 3. Geiger Memorial Park | 1.4 mi | 28 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New York average. 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across New York.
| Babylon | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 39.5 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
50.7% women, 49.3% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±0.8 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Median age: women 40.9, men 38.1.
| Babylon | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.1% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.1% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.1% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.3% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.7% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.7% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.1% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.1% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.8% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.3% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
2 within 15 miles of the center of Babylon
About 6 of every 100 Babylon residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
6 places in Babylon on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Babylon.
Town in New York, United States
The Town of Babylon is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Its population was 218,223 as of the 2020 census. Parts of Jones Beach Island, Captree Island and Fire Island are in the southernmost part of the town. It borders Nassau County to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. At its westernmost point, it is about 20 miles (32 km) from New York City at the Queens border, and about 30 miles (48 km) from Manhattan. The village of Babylon is also within the town.
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10 towns share a border with Babylon.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babylon | — | — | D− | — | — | A− |
| Islip | #178 | A− | D− | — | A− | A− |
| West Islip | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Babylon | #97 | A | D− | — | A− | A |
| Oyster Bay | — | — | D− | — | — | A+ |
| Huntington | #61 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Amityville | #456 | C+ | D− | B+ | D | A− |
| East Massapequa | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Babylon, Islip, Babylon, Oyster Bay and Huntington report no FBI crime data of their own. Babylon, West Islip, Oyster Bay and East Massapequa aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Babylon with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Babylon has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and schools, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
Yes. That is 7.7 years of the area's median household income ($99,155 across the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area).
6 notable people were born here, including Rodney Dangerfield and Greg Cochrane.
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