Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,949, incorporated in 1926.
The best of Laurel Hollow’s subject grades are an A+ for incomes, health, and schools; the weakest is a D for cost of living. 73% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Laurel Hollow, above both the New York town median (32%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Only 10 of New York’s 1,216 towns score higher on incomes. Laurel Hollow is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 74% of U.S. towns. On civic life, just 9 of New York’s 1,187 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Trail View State Park, at 35 acres. On history, just 15 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse. Laurel Hollow has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Laurel Hollow beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Laurel Hollow | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.7% | 17.2% |
Coastal flooding makes up 9% 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 Laurel Hollow is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 161 in 1930, a low of 110 in 1940, 1,940 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1834 and 5 maps from 1901 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Laurel Hollow. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw27 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw26 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw24 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Laurel Hollow, 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 Laurel Hollow.
At $3,501 a month, Laurel Hollow’s median rent is above both New York’s towns ($1,101 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). 95% of Laurel Hollow households own their home. Typical home values rose 12% in the year to September 2026.
| Laurel Hollow | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,501 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 95% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
6.3% of adults smoke cigarettes in Laurel Hollow. Laurel Hollow beats the New York average on 23 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 17% of adults get no exercise outside work in Laurel Hollow.
| Laurel Hollow | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.3% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Laurel Hollow | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.7% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 2.8% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. Since 2007, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Laurel Hollow.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Laurel Hollow has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 25° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Laurel Hollow for work: only 5% work in town. The average trip to work in Laurel Hollow is 45 minutes. Jobs based in Laurel Hollow grew to 822 in 2023, 668 more than in 2013.
| Laurel Hollow | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 45 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $250,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.5% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.9% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
2.2 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. Laurel Hollow’s trail density is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Laurel Hollow | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.4% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fox Hollow Preserve | 1 mi | 30 |
| 2. Trail View State Park | 0.5 mi | 35 |
| 3. St. John's Pond Preserve | 0.4 mi | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
14 within 15 miles of the center of Laurel Hollow
About 4 of every 100 Laurel Hollow residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Village in New York, United States
Laurel Hollow is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 1,940 at the time of the 2020 census. According to Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Laurel Hollow was the eighth wealthiest town in America in 2009.
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7 towns share a border with Laurel Hollow.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Hollow | — | — | D | — | A+ | A+ |
| Oyster Bay Cove | — | — | D− | A+ | A+ | A+ |
| Woodbury | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cold Spring Harbor | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oyster Bay | — | — | D− | — | — | A+ |
| Huntington | #61 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Syosset | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cove Neck | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Laurel Hollow and Oyster Bay Cove have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Laurel Hollow, Oyster Bay and Huntington report no FBI crime data of their own. Woodbury, Cold Spring Harbor, Oyster Bay, Syosset and Cove Neck aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Laurel Hollow with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. 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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