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A town of 2,849. A regional job hub with 7,498 jobs.
Few places in the country grade higher. Lake Success earns an A+, 39th of 745 graded towns in New York. The median household earns $244K, its schools outperform 95% of the state's, and residents are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.6 million, 15.7 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 67% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Lake Success, above both New York’s towns (32%) and U.S. towns (29%). Lake Success is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. Only 6 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on history.
Where Lake Success beats most towns.
Where Lake Success’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Lake Success is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 1%), so the A+ overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 295 in 1930, a low of 203 in 1940, 2,828 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1946 and 4 maps from 1947 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Success. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw13 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw14 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaYankee Stadium
Big draw19 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 Lake Success, 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 Lake Success.
Lake Success draws workers from New York City and beyond and has less utility shut-off threats 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 utility shut-off threats: 3.1% of its 2,125 adults were threatened with a utility shut-off, against 8.2% statewide. Against the 477 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lake Success’s, it is less healthy than 83%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Lake Success: 10% of adults report frequent mental distress. Among 755 New York towns, just one has a lower share of adults who have obesity than Lake Success. Of 32 CDC measures, Lake Success beats the New York average on 21 and trails it on 1.
| Lake Success | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 17% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Lake Success | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.1% | 8.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.1% | 12.8% |
| More adults with high cholesterol | 42.8% | 37.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
7,498 jobs are based in Lake Success, 5.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
The top destinations are New York (61%), North Hempstead (14%) and Hempstead (6%). 4.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Lake Success. Most working residents leave Lake Success for work: only 3% work in town. Also worth knowing: for Lake Success, the average commute is 33 minutes.
| Lake Success | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $244,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 17% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.4% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities. 64% of Lake Success’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 15%. This New York town has had 17 paid flood insurance claims since 1978.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A winter brings about 26 inches of snow, with January nights at 27° and July afternoons at 85°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
There are 0.3 miles of trail across 4 parks and preserves. In Lake Success, the concentration of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves locally: 4, covering 21 acres.
| Lake Success | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.5% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lake Success Village Park | 0.2 mi | 11 |
| 2. Merillon Field | — | 6 |
| 3. Harbor Hill Preserve | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 15.7 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 97% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
The share of households in Lake Success who own their home: 93%. Lake Success’ midpoint rent comes in at $3,501 a month.
| Lake Success | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,501 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 93% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
91 within 15 miles of the center of Lake Success
About 5 of every 100 Lake Success residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Village in New York, United States
Lake Success is a village located within the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 2,828 at the time of the 2020 census. In the 1940s and early 1950s, the Incorporated Village of Lake Success served as the temporary home of the United Nations, which occupied the headquarters of the Sperry Gyroscope Company on Marcus Avenue.
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7 towns share a border with Lake Success.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Success | #39 | A+ | D− | — | A+ | A |
| University Gardens | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Manhasset | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Hills | #33 | A+ | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Manhasset Hills | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North New Hyde Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Hempstead | #44 | A+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
| New York | #651 | C− | D− | D | — | B+ |
Lake Success, North Hills and North Hempstead report no FBI crime data of their own. University Gardens, Manhasset, Manhasset Hills and North New Hyde Park aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lake Success with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Lake Success grades A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns and #39 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 $1,555,000, 196% 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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