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Hicksville’s median rent is $3,113 a month, where New York’s towns sit at $1,101 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. The biggest place to walk is Cantiague Park, 129 acres with 2.5 miles of trail. We don’t grade Hicksville yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Hicksville beats most towns.
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1834.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hicksville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw24 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw23 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaYankee 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 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Hicksville 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Hicksville.
The share of households in Hicksville who live in a home they own: 86%. Values rose 4.9% in the 12 months to September 2026. Homes sold in Hicksville spent a median 31 days on the market.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
For Hicksville, the risk rating from FEMA is 8 of 100. FEMA puts 57% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 15% to hurricanes. The town has had 18 paid flood insurance claims since 1978.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Hicksville, the July high is 85°F, above New York’s towns (81°F) and close to U.S. towns (85°F).
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Commuting out is the norm here: 8% of working residents work locally. For Hicksville, the median household income is $144,000. In Hicksville, 3.8% of residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are New York (34%), Oyster Bay (20%) and Hempstead (13%).
| Hicksville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $144,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 17% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For adults in Hicksville, the share who had a checkup this year is 81%. Two figures for adults here: 13% report frequent mental distress, 25% have obesity.
| Hicksville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 33% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.2% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Hicksville | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.6% | 8.2% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.1% | 17.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
There are 3.2 miles of trail across 21 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Hicksville: 21, covering 198 acres. The trail network density for Hicksville comes to 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Hicksville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.5% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cantiague Park | 2.5 mi | 129 |
| 2. West Village Green Park H-11 | 0.2 mi | 10 |
| 3. Abe Levitt Park | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Here, 45% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 40% in New York as a whole. Every broad age group is within 4 points of the New York average. Among residents in Hicksville, 19% are under 18.
| Hicksville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 45% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 43.1 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.5 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 63% are men (NY 50%). Median age: women 45.0, men 40.3.
| Hicksville | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.3% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.5% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.4% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.1% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.4% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.7% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.9% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.7% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.7% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.6% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.9% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.3% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.4% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
19 within 15 miles of the center of Hicksville
About 6 of every 100 Hicksville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
12 notable people were born in Hicksville.
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Hicksville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The CDP's population was 43,869 at the time of the 2020 census.
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9 towns share a border with Hicksville.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hicksville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oyster Bay | — | — | D− | — | — | A+ |
| Hempstead | #118 | A | D− | — | A | A |
| Jericho | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Levittown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Salisbury | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bethpage | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syosset | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Oyster Bay and Hempstead report no FBI crime data of their own. Hicksville, Oyster Bay, Jericho, Levittown, Salisbury, Bethpage and Syosset aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hicksville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
We don’t grade Hicksville yet; the figures below are still real.
12 notable people were born here, including Tim Parker and Theresa Caputo.
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