Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 480, settled in 1930.
Hewlett Bay Park has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Hewlett Bay Park beats most towns.
Coastal flooding makes up 9% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Census counts: 407 in 1930, 494 in 2020. The archive holds 16 old photos and papers going back to 1916 and 5 maps from 1897 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hewlett Bay Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw17 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw18 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw17 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw16 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife StadiumMadison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hewlett Bay Park, 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 Hewlett Bay Park.
The average trip to work in Hewlett Bay Park is 48 minutes. In Hewlett Bay Park, 2.8% of residents live below the poverty line, where New York’s towns sit at 9.5% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Employers in Hewlett Bay Park added 888 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,008. Only 3% of working residents stay in Hewlett Bay Park for work; the rest commute out.
| Hewlett Bay Park | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 48 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $250,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The national flood insurance program has paid 24 claims in Hewlett Bay Park since 1982. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 69% come from inland flooding and 9% from coastal flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Hewlett Bay Park after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2012.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hewlett Bay Park’s midsummer high is 84°F, above the New York town median (81°F) and near the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
CDC measures, 32 in all: Hewlett Bay Park beats New York on 26 and trails on 1. 28% of adults feel lonely in the town. Only 8 of the 756 New York towns we compare have a lower share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Hewlett Bay Park.
| Hewlett Bay Park | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 5.2% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Hewlett Bay Park | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.8% | 17.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4% | 12.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Willow Pond Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
51 within 15 miles of the center of Hewlett Bay Park
About 6 of every 100 Hewlett Bay Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Village in New York, United States
Hewlett Bay Park 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 494 at the time of the 2020 census. The area, like Back/Old Lawrence is unique because its rural affluence is similar in character to the more well known Gold Coast of the North Shore instead of being more urbanized like the rest of the South Shore of Nassau County. Hewlett Bay Park is usually included as one of the Five Towns in the southwestern corner of Nassau County. In the context of the Five Towns, "The Hewletts" or "Hewlett" is often used to refer collectively to the hamlet of Hewlett, together with the villages of Hewl…
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Hewlett Bay Park has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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