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A town of 7,328, settled in 1931.
Yes, by almost any measure. East Hills earns an A+, 27th among New York's 745 graded towns. On CDC health estimates it is near the top nationally, the median household earns $250K, and its public schools beat 93% of New York towns on state tests and graduation. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.5 million, 14.7 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 81% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in East Hills, where New York’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 29%. East Hills is among the most walkable places in the country. Only 97 of New York’s 1,216 towns score higher on hazard risk.
Where East Hills beats most towns.
| Widest gap | East Hills | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.6% | 17.2% |
Where East Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far East Hills is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 343 in 1940, 7,284 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 6 maps from 1897 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw18 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw16 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 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in East Hills, 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 Hills.
East Hills has less food insecurity than most of New York, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York and has commutes longer than most of New York.
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 5.6% of its 5,274 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide. Against the 436 U.S. towns with household incomes like East Hills’s, it is healthier than 81%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
7.8% of East Hills adults have diabetes. On the CDC’s 32 measures, East Hills is ahead of New York on 24 and behind on 1. Among adults in the town, 12% report frequent mental distress and 6% smoke cigarettes.
| East Hills | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | East Hills | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.6% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 2.9% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The FEMA risk score for East Hills comes to 8 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 69% come from inland flooding and 12% from hurricanes. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 2007: 14.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The average commute for its 3,093 working residents takes 48.5 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
For half of commuters, work is under 14 miles away. 2.8% of residents live below the poverty line in East Hills. Also worth knowing: among 758 New York towns, just one has a higher average trip to work than East Hills. Most working residents leave East Hills for work: only 3% work in town.
| East Hills | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 49 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $250,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 21% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In East Hills, the typical July afternoon high is 85°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest park or preserve is The Park at East Hills, at 50 acres. Walkers can cover 0.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. East Hills’ trail density comes in at 0.1 miles per square mile.
| East Hills | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.2% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. The Park at East Hills | — | 50 |
| 2. Arlene Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 14.7 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 97% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
The share of households in East Hills who live in a home they own: 100%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
34 within 15 miles of the center of East Hills
About 3 of every 100 East Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Village in New York, United States
East Hills is a village in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Incorporated Village of Roslyn. The population was 7,284 at the time of the 2020 census. The Incorporated Village of East Hills is located primarily within the Town of North Hempstead – except for a small section of the village's northeastern corner, which is located within the Town of Oyster Bay.
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7 towns share a border with East Hills.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Hills | #27 | A+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Old Westbury | #43 | A+ | D− | A | A | A+ |
| Roslyn Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Roslyn | #41 | A+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Greenvale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Hempstead | #44 | A+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Brookville | #1 | A+ | — | A | A+ | A+ |
| Oyster Bay | — | — | D− | — | — | A+ |
East Hills, Roslyn, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay report no FBI crime data of their own. Roslyn Heights, Greenvale and Oyster Bay aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Hills with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. East Hills grades A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns and #27 of 745 in New York. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $1,462,000, 178% above the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
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