InwoodNY
A town of 12,235, settled in 1889.
Is Inwood a good place to live?
Inwood’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, where New York’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Among 759 New York towns, just 2 have a higher January low than Inwood. We don’t grade Inwood yet; the figures below are still real.
Inwood lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 17% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Madison Square Garden and 531 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Inwood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw16 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw16 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw12 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw15 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife StadiumPhoto credits
Madison 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 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Inwood: who provides what
Inwood 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 Inwood.
A typical Inwood home is worth about $843K
The typical Inwood home is worth about $843,000, up 6.5% in a year, 61% above the New York typical home. Inwood’s median rent is $1,977 a month, above both New York’s towns ($1,101 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). 51% of Inwood households own their home.
| Inwood | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,977 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 51% | 75% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Very low risk in Inwood, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 335 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Inwood.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Inwood, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Inwood has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 27° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About half of Inwood’s working residents commute to New York City
Most working residents leave Inwood for work: only 8% work in town. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Inwood. Since 2013, Inwood has lost 333 jobs, to 5,025 in 2023.
| Inwood | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Compared with most of New York and the rest of the country, more of Inwood’s adults sleep under 7 hours
Among 756 New York towns, just 3 have a higher share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Inwood. Inwood beats the New York average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20. Among 756 New York towns, just 1 have a higher share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Inwood.
| Inwood | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 37% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 21% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Inwood | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.3% | 7.7% |
| Fewer adults with depression | 14.4% | 17.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 17.4% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Inwood | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Inwood Park | 0.4 mi | 8 |
| 2. Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland | — | 11 |
| 3. Terrace Gardens Park | 0.2 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Inwood
Colleges nearby
93 within 15 miles of the center of Inwood
About 3 of every 100 Inwood residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Inwood has grown 16% from 2010 to 2020
9,792 counted in 2010 and 11,340 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
About Inwood
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Inwood is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of Long Island's Five Towns area and is located within the Town of Hempstead. The population was 11,340 at the time of the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 10 ft
- ZIP code
- 11096
Inwood’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Inwood.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inwood | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hempstead | #118 | A | D− | — | A | A |
| New York | #651 | C− | D− | D | — | B+ |
| Cedarhurst | #318 | B | D− | — | C+ | A |
| Lawrence | #244 | B+ | D− | — | C+ | A+ |
| Woodmere | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Hempstead, Cedarhurst and Lawrence report no FBI crime data of their own. Inwood and Woodmere aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Inwood with a neighbor →
Questions about Inwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Inwood, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Inwood yet; the figures below are still real.