InwoodNY
This town of 12,235 people was 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
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Inwood.
The typical home in Inwood is valued at about $843K
For Inwood, the midpoint rent is $1,977 a month. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 6.5%. Inwood: just over half of 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
Inwood has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
42% of Inwood’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by coastal flooding at 17%. Compared with 93% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is lower. Since 1978, Inwood has seen 335 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Inwood’s year
The range runs from 27° on a January night to 85° on a July afternoon, with about 26 inches of snow 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
Since 2013, Inwood has lost 333 jobs, to 5,025 in 2023. Most people who work leave Inwood to do it: just 8% work in town. Among residents in the town, 15% live below the poverty line. The top destinations are New York (48%), Hempstead (31%) and North Hempstead (4%).
| 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
Inwood stands out in New York and nationally: a larger share of its adults worry about having enough food
For adults in Inwood, the share who have obesity is 37%. Among 756 New York towns, just 6 have a higher share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Inwood. Also worth knowing: the town does better than the New York average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 20.
| 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 keeps 2% of its land conserved
Trails run 0.7 miles in 5 parks and preserves. The concentration of trails for Inwood comes to 0.3 miles per square mile.
| 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
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 City parkCentral 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.
Inwood has grown 16% from 2010 to 2020
9,792 counted in 2010 and 11,340 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
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.
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.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- 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 →
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