Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,710, settled in 1930.
Kings Point is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 28th of 745 graded towns in New York. The median household earns $211K, residents are healthier than 97% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and its schools outperform 95% of the state's. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $2.0 million for a typical one and 20 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 67% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Kings Point, above both New York’s towns (32%) and U.S. towns (29%). Kings Point is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. On civic life, just 24 of New York’s 1,187 towns do worse.
Where Kings Point beats most towns.
Coastal flooding makes up 12% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Kings Point is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 1%), so the A+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,294 in 1930, 5,619 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1928 and 6 maps from 1897 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kings Point. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw12 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw13 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaYankee Stadium
Big draw18 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 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kings Point, 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 Kings Point.
Kings Point has more 90° days than almost anywhere else in New York and has less tooth loss than most of New York, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York.
Its widest gap with New York is tooth loss: 5.8% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.8% statewide. Against the 850 U.S. towns with household incomes like Kings Point’s, it is less healthy than 50%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
26% of Kings Point adults have high blood pressure. Kings Point beats the New York average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 15% of Kings Point adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Kings Point | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 33% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 34% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.3% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Kings Point | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.8% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.9% | 17.2% |
| More binge drinkers | 19.4% | 16.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
3.3 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. Kings Point’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile. Kings Point Park, at 176 acres with 3.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Kings Point | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.5% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kings Point Park | 3.2 mi | 176 |
| 2. Parkwood Pool and Sports Complex | — | 11 |
| 3. Stepping Stone Park and Marina | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
97 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 11 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 97 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Kings Point.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Kings Point has 575 jobs for its 1,932 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Kings Point. Jobs based in Kings Point fell to 575 in 2023, 64 fewer than in 2013. The average trip to work in Kings Point is 30 minutes.
| Kings Point | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $211,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 0.9% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The New York Laguardia Ap weather station, 8 miles away, records that about 22 days a year reach 90°, the highest of 2,222 New York places with climate records. The New York Laguardia Ap weather station, 8 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 244 days, the #2 highest of 2,222 New York places with climate records.
Kings Point has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 26° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Kings Point's reported crime rate is well below New York's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. No violent crimes were reported in 2025.
| Kings Point | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 7.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
At 20 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 99% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
89 within 15 miles of the center of Kings Point
College town 16 of every 100 Kings Point residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
5,005 counted in 2010 and 5,619 in 2020; an estimated 5,710 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Village in New York, United States
Kings Point is a village at the tip of 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 5,619 at the time of the 2020 census. The Incorporated Village of Kings Point is known for its large Iranian Jewish population, and for being home to the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
2 towns share a border with Kings Point.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Point | #28 | A+ | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Great Neck | #88 | A | D− | — | A+ | A− |
| Saddle Rock | — | — | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
Saddle Rock has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Kings Point, Great Neck and Saddle Rock report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Kings Point with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Kings Point grades A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns and #28 of 745 in New York. It grades A+ for health and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $1,981,000, 277% above the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
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