ElwoodNY
A town settled in 1870, now home to 11,762 people.
Is Elwood a good place to live?
Elwood’s typical journey to work is 42 minutes, against 25 minutes in New York’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Berkeley Jackson County Park, 101 acres with 2.8 miles of trail. We don’t grade Elwood yet; the figures below are still real.
Central Park and 468 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Elwood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw34 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw33 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumPhoto credits
Central 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
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Moving to Elwood: who provides what
Elwood is unincorporated, so Suffolk 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Elwood.
Elwood has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
In Elwood, the FEMA risk score is 5 of 100. The national flood insurance program has paid 7 claims locally since 1979. Expected losses in Elwood break down as 61% from inland flooding and 15% from hurricanes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Elwood
The range runs from 24° on a January night to 84° on a July afternoon, with about 32 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With 0.8 jobs for every working resident, most of Elwood’s workers commute out
Among residents in Elwood, 3.5% live below the poverty line. Most people who work leave Elwood to do it: just 5% work in town. In Elwood, the middle household income is $177,000. Half commute less than 13 miles.
| Elwood | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $177,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 22% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.5% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.9% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Elwood is
For adults 18 to 64 in Elwood, the share who have no health insurance is 4.6%. CDC measures, 32 in all: Elwood beats New York on 18 and trails on 1. Two figures for adults here: 7.6% smoke cigarettes, 13% report frequent mental distress.
| Elwood | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.6% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Elwood | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.4% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
9% of the land in Elwood is protected from building
Trails total 3.2 miles in 9 parks and preserves. Elwood’s trail network density comes in at 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Elwood | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Berkeley Jackson County Park | 2.8 mi | 101 |
| 2. Elwood Park | 0.2 mi | 17 |
| 3. Manor Plains Nature Park | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A larger share of households own their home in Elwood than in most of New York or the rest of the country
Elwood’s median rent stands at $2,064 a month. The median sale price was $915,000 in September 2026. A home in Elwood typically sold within 21 days of listing.
| Elwood | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,064 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 95% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Elwood
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Elwood
About 7 of every 100 Elwood residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
Elwood’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Elwood.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elwood | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Greenlawn | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dix Hills | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Commack | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| South Huntington | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Huntington Station | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Elwood, Greenlawn, Dix Hills, Commack, South Huntington and Huntington Station aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Elwood with a neighbor →
Questions about Elwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Elwood, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Elwood yet; the figures below are still real.