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A town of 7,334, settled in 1886.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Cedarhurst grades B overall, 318th of 745 graded towns in New York. Few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. Residents are healthier than 93% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $102K. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $1.3 million for a typical one and 12.8 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Cedarhurst’s typical home value is $1,265,000, where New York’s towns sit at $361,000 and U.S. towns at $332,000. On history, just 90 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse.
Where Cedarhurst beats most towns.
Coastal flooding makes up 11% 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 Cedarhurst is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 1%), so the B overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,838 in 1920, 7,374 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 2 maps from 1897 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cedarhurst. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw17 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw17 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw16 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw14 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife StadiumMadison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 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 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cedarhurst, 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 Cedarhurst.
Cedarhurst has milder winter nights than almost anywhere else in New York and has less tooth loss than most of New York, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York.
At 12.8 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $1.27M) costs more against local pay than in 96% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. 79.8% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 52.1% across New York.
Cedarhurst’s median rent is $2,214 a month. Typical home values rose 8.9% in the year to September 2026. The typical Cedarhurst home is worth about $1,265,000, up 8.9% in a year, more than twice the New York typical home.
| Cedarhurst | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,214 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 67% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its widest gap with New York is tooth loss: 6.1% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.8% statewide.
16% of Cedarhurst adults have been diagnosed with depression. Cedarhurst beats the New York average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 8.6% of Cedarhurst adults smoke cigarettes.
| Cedarhurst | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.6% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Cedarhurst | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.1% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.8% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
305 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 24 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 78% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 305 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Cedarhurst.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
January nights average 26.9°, the highest of 2,223 New York places with climate records; July afternoons average 84.5°.
The January low in Cedarhurst is 27°F. Cedarhurst has chilly winters and warm summers. About 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Cedarhurst | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 27°F | 16°F | 22°F |
| July high | 85°F | 81°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 35 to 64 are 31% of residents (39% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 28% of residents (23% statewide). 47% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Cedarhurst.
| Cedarhurst | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33.4 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 47% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 20% | 18% |
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.3 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Cedarhurst | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.7% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.5% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 13.3% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.1% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.2% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.7% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.9% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.6% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.8% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 12.5% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.4% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.5% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.7% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 33.1% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Most working residents leave Cedarhurst for work: only 9% work in town. Since 2013, Cedarhurst has added 475 jobs, to 3,395 in 2023. The top destinations are New York (49%), Hempstead (27%) and North Hempstead (4%).
| Cedarhurst | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $102,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.4% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Cedarhurst | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cedarhurst Park | 0.3 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
67 within 15 miles of the center of Cedarhurst
About 14 of every 100 Cedarhurst residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
6,592 counted in 2010 and 7,374 in 2020; an estimated 7,334 in 2025.
Growth has leveled off: within 1% of 2020, after 11.9% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
9 notable people were born in Cedarhurst.
Village in New York, United States
Cedarhurst (historically known as Ocean Point) is a village in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 7,374 at the time of the 2020 census. The Incorporated Village of Cedarhurst is located in the region of Long Island's South Shore known as the Five Towns.
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3 towns share a border with Cedarhurst.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarhurst | #318 | B | D− | — | C+ | A |
| Woodmere | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inwood | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lawrence | #244 | B+ | D− | — | C+ | A+ |
Cedarhurst and Lawrence report no FBI crime data of their own. Woodmere and Inwood aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cedarhurst with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Cedarhurst grades B overall, better than 60% of U.S. towns and #318 of 745 in New York. It grades A for health and C+ 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−.
9 notable people were born here, including Mildred Shay and Peter A. Peyser.
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