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 concentration of trails 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 City parkCentral 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.
In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 4.9%. 86% of households are owner-occupiers in Locust Valley. Homes sold in Locust Valley spent a median 35 days on the market.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Locust Valley has had 6 paid flood insurance claims since 1978. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 88% of U.S. communities. 68% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 10%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Half the trips to work are shorter than 12 miles. Locust Valley’s typical household income stands at $152,000. Only 6% of working residents stay in Locust Valley for work; the rest commute out. Also worth knowing: since 2013, Locust Valley has added 65 jobs, to 864 in 2023.
| 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
The midsummer high for Locust Valley comes to 85°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Among adults in Locust Valley, 40% sleep under 7 hours. Against the New York average, Locust Valley comes out ahead on 19 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 1. Two figures for adults here: 8.1% smoke cigarettes, 14% report frequent mental distress.
| 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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