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For most people who can afford it, yes. East Hampton grades B+ overall, 273rd among New York's 745 graded towns. It is healthier than 88% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $2.2 million, 21.7 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. East Hampton’s median rent is $2,578 a month, against $1,098 a month in New York’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Thomas Moran House and Montauk Point Lighthouse. Only 47 of New York’s 1,216 towns score higher on the outdoors.
Where East Hampton beats most towns.
Thomas Moran House is one of 3 National Historic Landmarks here, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 1,497 in 1790, 28,385 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1725 and 4 maps from 1904 on.
34 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far East Hampton is from typical.
Its grades run from A for hazard risk (better than 94% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 1%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Hampton. Close and well known come first.
in town State parkCamp Hero State Park
in town LighthouseMontauk Point Light
28 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun Arena
29 mi State parkGillette Castle State Park
20 mi MuseumMystic Seaport
21 mi MuseumSubmarine Force Library and Museum150K visitors a yearCamp Hero State Park: Transpoman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Montauk Point Light: Wolfgang Wander, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gillette Castle State Park: Original uploader was Kevinpepin at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mystic Seaport: Joethon, Public domain · Submarine Force Library and Museum: Flickr user : https://www.flickr.com/photos/divemasterking2000, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in East Hampton, 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 East Hampton.
East Hampton is a second-home town, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York and has a long record of flood insurance claims.
At 21.7 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $2.15M) costs more against local pay than in 99% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
The typical home value in East Hampton is about $2,150,000, up 3.3% in a year, 4 times the New York typical home. 78% of households own their home here.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Below: Two of its 10 schools, each with why it was picked. The 6 public schools in East Hampton teach 2,069 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springs SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 690 | B− |
| East Hampton High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,069 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 10.7% of its 9,317 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide. Against the 4,310 U.S. towns with household incomes like East Hampton’s, it is healthier than 66%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Among adults in East Hampton, 8.7% smoke cigarettes. Against the New York average, East Hampton comes out ahead on 13 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 2.
| East Hampton | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | East Hampton | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.7% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.4% | 8.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
587 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 64 properties have flooded more than once.
Paid flood insurance claims here since 1978: 587. East Hampton’s risk rating from FEMA comes in at 9 of 100. Expected losses in East Hampton break down as 73% from inland flooding and 16% from hurricanes. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid in 11 declared disasters, most recently in 2022.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hither Hills State Park, at 1,676 acres with 18.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Trails total 197 miles in 55 parks and preserves. East Hampton’s trail network density stands at 0.5 miles per square mile.
| East Hampton | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.5% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hither Hills State Park | 18.8 mi | 1,676 |
| 2. Montauk County Park | 14.1 mi | 1,084 |
| 3. Montauk Point State Park | 8.6 mi | 783 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In East Hampton, the typical July afternoon high is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 10,998 working residents takes 21.9 minutes, against 32.6 across New York. 26.2% of workers work from home, against 14.9% across New York.
The top destinations are New York (16%), Southampton (10%) and Brookhaven (3%). Since 2013, East Hampton has added 647 jobs, to 9,548 in 2023. The income of the median household for East Hampton comes to $132,000. Half the trips to work are shorter than 18 miles.
| East Hampton | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 41% | 10% | 8% |
| Work from home | 26% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $132,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. East Hampton’s violent offense rate is 0.2 per 1,000 residents. 4 violent crimes were reported in 2022.
| East Hampton | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2022) | 3.7 per 1,000 residents | 9.5 | 14.1 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2022) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.9 |
FBI crime data, 2022 · crimes reported to police
None within 15 miles of East Hampton; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 East Hampton residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
21,457 counted in 2010 and 28,385 in 2020; an estimated 29,400 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
34 places in East Hampton on the National Register of Historic Places.
14 notable people were born in East Hampton.
Town in New York, United States
East Hampton is a town in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is located at the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island. It is the easternmost town in the state of New York. At the time of the 2020 United States census, it had a total population of 28,385. The town includes the village of East Hampton, as well as the hamlets of Montauk, Amagansett, Wainscott, Springs, Northwest Harbor, and Napeague. It also includes part of the incorporated village of Sag Harbor. East Hampton is located on a peninsula, bordered on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, to the east by Block Island Sound and to the north by Gardiners Bay, Napeague Bay and Fort Pond Bay. To the west is wes…
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8 towns share a border with East Hampton.
Shelter Island next door grades lower for schools (C+ to East Hampton’s B+) and higher for cost of living (C− to D−).
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Hampton | #273 | B+ | D− | — | B+ | A |
| Southold | #204 | B+ | D− | B+ | B+ | A |
| Southampton | #249 | B+ | D− | A− | B | A |
| Shelter Island | #274 | B+ | C− | A− | C+ | A− |
| Wainscott | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Northwest Harbor | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sagaponack | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shelter Island Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
East Hampton reports no FBI crime data of its own. Wainscott, Northwest Harbor, Sagaponack and Shelter Island Heights aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Hampton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. East Hampton grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #273 of 745 in New York. It grades A for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $2,150,000, 310% above the New York typical home and up 3.3% in a year. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
14 notable people were born here, including Howard Dean and George Huntington.
