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Yes, by almost any measure. Flower Hill earns an A+, ranked 22nd of 745 in New York. It is among the healthiest towns in the country on CDC estimates, the median household earns $250K, and its schools rank ahead of 93% of New York towns. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $2.0 million, 19.9 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 84% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Flower Hill, against 32% in New York’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Flower Hill is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 97% of U.S. towns. Only 107 of New York’s 1,216 towns score higher on hazard risk.
Where Flower Hill beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Flower Hill | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.3% | 17.2% |
Where Flower Hill’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 Flower Hill is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 666 in 1940, 4,794 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 6 maps from 1897 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Flower Hill. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw15 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw16 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaYankee Stadium
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife 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 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Flower Hill, 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 Flower Hill.
Flower Hill draws workers from Hempstead and beyond and has less food insecurity than most of New York, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York.
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 5.3% of its 3,556 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
11% of Flower Hill adults report frequent mental distress. Only 6 of the 755 New York towns we compare have a lower share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Flower Hill. 9.6% of Flower Hill adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Flower Hill | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 5.4% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Flower Hill | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.3% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 2.9% | 8.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
4,656 jobs are based in Flower Hill, 2.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 43.6 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
2.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Flower Hill. Since 2013, Flower Hill has added 1,307 jobs, to 4,656 in 2023. Flower Hill’s average trip to work is 44 minutes.
| Flower Hill | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 44 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $250,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 92% of U.S. communities. Since 2009, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Flower Hill.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Flower Hill has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 26° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Flower Hill is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Flower Hill | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Flower Hill Village Park | — | 8 |
| 2. Elderfields Preserve | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 19.9 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 98% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
55 within 15 miles of the center of Flower Hill
About 5 of every 100 Flower Hill residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Village in New York, United States
Flower Hill is a village in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The eastern half is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Incorporated Village of Roslyn. Western and northern parts are more closely associated with Manhasset and Port Washington. The population was 4,794 at the time of the 2020 census. Flower Hill is located entirely within the Town of North Hempstead, and has been recognized as a Tree City USA since 2013.
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7 towns share a border with Flower Hill.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flower Hill | #22 | A+ | D | — | A | A+ |
| Port Washington | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Roslyn | #41 | A+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Munsey Park | #2 | A+ | C | — | A+ | A+ |
| Plandome Manor | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Roslyn Estates | — | — | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Plandome | — | — | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Manhasset | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Roslyn Estates and Plandome have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Flower Hill, Roslyn, Munsey Park, Roslyn Estates and Plandome report no FBI crime data of their own. Port Washington, Plandome Manor and Manhasset aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Flower Hill with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Flower Hill grades A+ overall, better than 98% of U.S. towns and #22 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 $1,976,000, 276% 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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