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A town of 5,188, settled in 1916.
Carle Place’s median rent is $2,327 a month, where New York’s towns sit at $1,101 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. We don’t grade Carle Place yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Carle Place’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census counts: 5,247 in 2000, 5,005 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1952 and a map from 1984 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Carle Place. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw20 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw19 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw17 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 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Carle Place is unincorporated, so Nassau County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Carle Place.
The typical Carle Place home is worth about $856,000, up 5.1% in a year, 63% above the New York typical home. 81% of households own their home in Carle Place, above both New York’s towns (75%) and U.S. towns (73%).
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Carle Place for work: only 3% work in town. The median household income in Carle Place is $146,000. Since 2013, Carle Place has lost 1,578 jobs, to 3,908 in 2023.
| Carle Place | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $146,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 94% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Carle Place.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Carle Place has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 25° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 35 to 64 are 47% of residents (39% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). 48% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Carle Place.
| Carle Place | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 48% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 44.8 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.5 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Carle Place | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.4% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.9% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.5% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.2% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.1% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.2% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.8% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.7% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.3% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 13.9% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.1% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.7% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.2% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.9% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Carle Place beats the New York average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of Carle Place adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Carle Place | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.2% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Carle Place | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.2% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Charles J. Fuschillo Park | — | 5 |
| 2. Eighth Street Field Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
29 within 15 miles of the center of Carle Place
About 3 of every 100 Carle Place residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Carle Place (also known historically as Frog Hollow and Mineola Park) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The CDP's population was 5,005 at the time of the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Carle Place.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carle Place | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Westbury | #167 | A− | D | — | B | A |
| Mineola | #82 | A | D− | — | A− | A |
| Uniondale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Hempstead | #44 | A+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Hempstead | #118 | A | D− | — | A | A |
| Old Westbury | #43 | A+ | D− | A | A | A+ |
Westbury, Mineola, North Hempstead and Hempstead report no FBI crime data of their own. Carle Place and Uniondale aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Carle Place with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
We don’t grade Carle Place yet; the figures below are still real.
2 notable people were born here, including Steve Vai and Nick Costa.
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