Glen HeadNY
Settled in 1874, this town now has 4,653 residents.
Is Glen Head a good place to live?
Glen Head’s going rate for rent is $2,440 a month, where New York’s towns sit at $1,101 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. We don’t grade Glen Head yet; the figures below are still real.
97% of working residents leave Glen Head for work
Where Glen Head’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Central Park and 514 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Glen Head. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw19 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw20 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw16 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 · 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
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Moving to Glen Head: who provides what
Glen Head is unincorporated, so Nassau 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 Glen Head.
A home in Glen Head is worth about $1.38M, on Zillow’s estimate
In Glen Head, nine in ten households own their home. Typical home values rose 8.4% in the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Natural hazards: very low risk in Glen Head, mostly inland flooding
Glen Head has had 13 paid flood insurance claims since 1978. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 88% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 66% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 11% to hurricanes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of New York and the rest of the country, fewer of Glen Head’s residents live below the poverty line
Half commute less than 11 miles. The median household income for Glen Head comes to $138,000. Since 2013, Glen Head has lost 230 jobs, to 1,023 in 2023. Most working residents leave Glen Head for work: only 3% work in town.
| Glen Head | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $138,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Glen Head
Expect chilly winters and warm summers in Glen Head. Summer afternoons peak near 85° in July, and January nights bottom out around 25°; snowfall runs to about 19 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Glen Head is
Among adults in Glen Head, 13% say their health is fair or poor. Against the New York average, Glen Head comes out ahead on 20 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 2. 13% of adults in Glen Head report frequent mental distress; 7.9% smoke cigarettes.
| Glen Head | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.9% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Glen Head | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.4% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.9% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.7% of Glen Head is conserved land
Across 2 parks and preserves: 0.2 miles of trail. In Glen Head, the concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Glen Head | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.7% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Francis M. Gaynor Park G-5 | 0.2 mi | 9 |
| 2. Saunders Woods | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Glen Head
Colleges nearby
33 within 15 miles of the center of Glen Head
About 9 of every 100 Glen Head residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Glen Head’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Glen Head.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Head | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Old Brookville | — | — | D− | A+ | A+ | A+ |
| Glen Cove | #348 | B | D− | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Oyster Bay | — | — | D− | — | — | A+ |
| Sea Cliff | #50 | A+ | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Glenwood Landing | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Old Brookville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Oyster Bay and Sea Cliff report no FBI crime data of their own. Glen Head, Oyster Bay and Glenwood Landing aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Glen Head with a neighbor →
Questions about Glen Head
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Is Glen Head, NY a good place to live?
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