Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Locust Valley’s median rent is $2,324 a month, above both New York’s towns ($1,101 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Locust Valley’s trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile, against 0.4 in New York’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Shu Swamp Preserve, at 23 acres. We don’t grade Locust Valley yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Locust Valley beats most towns.
Where Locust Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census counts: 3,521 in 2000, 3,571 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1834 and 4 maps from 1897 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Locust Valley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw21 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw22 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw18 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 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Locust Valley 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Locust Valley.
The typical Locust Valley home is worth about $1,233,000, up 4.9% in a year, more than twice the New York typical home. 86% of Locust Valley households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Locust Valley.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Locust Valley. Most working residents leave Locust Valley for work: only 6% work in town. Locust Valley’s median household income is $152,000.
| Locust Valley | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $152,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.5% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 6% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Locust Valley has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 26° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Locust Valley beats the New York average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Locust Valley | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.1% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Locust Valley | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5% | 8.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shu Swamp Preserve | 0.8 mi | 23 |
| 2. Thomas Park L-1 | 0.2 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
25 within 15 miles of the center of Locust Valley
About 2 of every 100 Locust Valley residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Hamlet in the United States
Locust Valley is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) 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 3,571 at the time of the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Locust Valley.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Valley | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lattingtown | — | — | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Mill Neck | — | — | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Matinecock | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Glen Cove | #348 | B | D− | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Oyster Bay | — | — | D− | — | — | A+ |
Lattingtown and Mill Neck have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Lattingtown, Mill Neck and Oyster Bay report no FBI crime data of their own. Locust Valley, Matinecock and Oyster Bay aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Locust Valley with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
We don’t grade Locust Valley yet; the figures below are still real.
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