Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Mineola grades A overall, ranked 82nd of 745 in New York. Few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. The median household earns $138K and residents are healthier than 93% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $834K, 8.4 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Mineola’s rent at the middle of the market is $2,415 a month, above both New York’s towns ($1,098 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). On hazard risk, just 77 of New York’s 1,216 towns do better. Mineola is home to New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Where Mineola beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Mineola | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.7% | 12.8% |
Where Mineola’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 Mineola is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 4%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 313 in 1880, 20,800 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1908 and 5 maps from 1897 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mineola. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw18 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw17 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw16 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 Mineola, 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 Mineola.
Mineola draws workers from New York City and beyond 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.
At 8.4 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $834K) costs more against local pay than in 91% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
Values rose 4.4% in the 12 months to September 2026. Homes sold in Mineola spent a median 36 days on the market. In Mineola, a quarter of sales closed above the list price.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
18,458 jobs are based in Mineola, 1.9 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here fell from 31,161 in 2013 to 18,458.
Only 9% of working residents stay in Mineola for work; the rest commute out. Employers in Mineola shed 12,703 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 18,458. For Mineola, the average trip to work is 32 minutes. Half commute less than 10 miles.
| Mineola | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $138,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 19% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its widest gap with New York is tooth loss: 7.7% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.8% statewide. Against the 3,761 U.S. towns with household incomes like Mineola’s, it is healthier than 76%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Among adults in Mineola, 8.5% smoke cigarettes. 14% of adults have been diagnosed with depression here.
| Mineola | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Mineola | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.7% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.1% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Mineola than in 93% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Mineola break down as 55% from inland flooding and 18% from earthquakes. The town has had 13 paid flood insurance claims since 2010.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Mineola, the concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile. Walkers can cover 0.2 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves.
| Mineola | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wilson Park | 0.2 mi | 13 |
| 2. Mineola Memorial Park | — | 9 |
| 3. Willis Avenue Field Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
31 within 15 miles of the center of Mineola
About 4 of every 100 Mineola residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
18,799 counted in 2010 and 20,800 in 2020; an estimated 21,376 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
50 notable people were born in Mineola.
Village in New York, United States
Mineola (, min-ee-OH-lə) is a village and the county seat of Nassau County, on Long Island, New York, United States. The population was 20,800 at the time of the 2020 census. It is considered the anchor community of the Greater Mineola area. The Incorporated Village of Mineola is located primarily in the Town of North Hempstead, with the exception being a small portion of its southern edge within the Town of Hempstead. Old Country Road (CR 25) runs along the village's southern border. The area serviced by the Mineola Post Office extends farther south into the adjacent village of Garden City, where the Old Nassau County Courthouse and other county offices are located. Offices of many Nassau …
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8 towns share a border with Mineola.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineola | #82 | A | D− | — | A− | A |
| Williston Park | #52 | A | D− | — | A | A |
| Carle Place | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Williston | #20 | A+ | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Garden City Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Garden City | #17 | A+ | D− | A− | A+ | A+ |
| Roslyn Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Westbury | #167 | A− | D | — | B | A |
Mineola, Williston Park, East Williston and Westbury report no FBI crime data of their own. Carle Place, Garden City Park and Roslyn Heights aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mineola with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Mineola grades A overall, better than 91% of U.S. towns and #82 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. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
50 notable people were born here, including Frank Wilczek and Kevin James.
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