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458 residents make their home in this town in New York.
87% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Harbor Hills, against 32% in New York’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Among 759 New York towns, just one has a higher share of households owning their home than Harbor Hills. Harbor Hills has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Census counts: 563 in 2000, 562 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2021 and a map from 1984 on.
Explore the history →Coastal flooding makes up 13% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Ordered by what stands out in Harbor Hills.
Harbor Hills’ FEMA risk score is 21 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 59% come from inland flooding and 13% from coastal flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in nearly four fifths of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The top destinations are New York (56%), North Hempstead (22%) and Hempstead (6%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 12 miles.
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Summers in Harbor Hills are warm, and winters chilly. Summer afternoons peak near 85° in July, and January nights bottom out around 27°; snowfall runs to about 26 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The share of adults in Harbor Hills who worry about having enough food: 6.9%. The town beats the New York average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. In Harbor Hills, 7.7% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 13% report frequent mental distress.
| Harbor Hills | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.7% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Harbor Hills | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.9% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.9% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Parks and preserves in Harbor Hills: one, of 3 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Harbor Hills Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Harbor Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw12 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw11 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaYankee Stadium
Big draw17 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 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0
Harbor Hills 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.
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106 within 15 miles of the center of Harbor Hills
About 0 of every 100 Harbor Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Harbor Hills is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located on the Great Neck Peninsula within the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 562 at the time of the 2020 census.
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Harbor Hills has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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