Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Freeport's standout: few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. Overall it grades B−, ranked 414th of 745 in New York. The median household earns $121K and 7% of its land is conserved. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $671K for a typical one and 6.8 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Freeport’s average trip to work is 36 minutes, above both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On civic life, just 93 of New York’s 1,187 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Guy Lombardo Marina, at 44 acres.
Where Freeport beats most towns.
Coastal flooding makes up 38% 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 Freeport is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 3%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,217 in 1880, 44,472 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1890 and 7 maps from 1897 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Freeport. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw22 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw22 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw22 mi BeachConey IslandCentral 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 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Freeport, 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 Freeport.
Freeport is safe by national standards but not by New York’s; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding) and has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York.
4.0 miles of trail in 10 parks and preserves. Freeport’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Freeport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.4% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cow Meadow Park | 1.4 mi | 31 |
| 2. Milburn Park | 1.1 mi | 22 |
| 3. Northeast Park | 0.3 mi | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Freeport for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Hempstead (38%), New York (30%) and North Hempstead (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.
| Freeport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $121,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.4% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 10% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.8% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 6.8 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $671K) costs more against local pay than in 85% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
The median rent in Freeport is $2,077 a month. Typical home values rose 5.3% in the year to September 2026.
| Freeport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,077 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Freeport has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 27° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $333 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on. 5,788 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 1,221 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1978, 5,788 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Freeport.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 5,661 U.S. towns with household incomes like Freeport’s, it is less healthy than 76%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
13% of Freeport adults have been diagnosed with depression. Freeport beats the New York average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 12% of Freeport adults have diabetes.
| Freeport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 37% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 21% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Freeport | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with depression | 12.8% | 17.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.1% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 11.8% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 15.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 54% of New York’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 509 to 410 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
25 within 15 miles of the center of Freeport
About 6 of every 100 Freeport residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
Where Freeport’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
24 notable people were born in Freeport.
Village in New York, United States
Freeport is a village located within the town of Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 44,472 at the time of the 2020 census, making it the second largest village in New York by population. A settlement since the 1640s, it was once an oystering community and later a resort popular with the New York City theater community. It is now primarily a bedroom suburb but retains a modest commercial waterfront and some light industry.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
3 towns share a border with Freeport.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeport | #414 | B− | D− | B | B− | B |
| Merrick | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baldwin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Roosevelt | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Merrick, Baldwin and Roosevelt aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Freeport with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Freeport grades B− overall, better than 47% of U.S. towns and #414 of 745 in New York. It grades B for health, B for safety and B− 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−.
24 notable people were born here, including Medea Benjamin and Marie Wagner.
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