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A town of 10,226, settled in 1871.
Yes, by almost any measure. New Hyde Park earns an A, ranked 54th of 745 in New York. Residents are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, the median household earns $143K, and its public schools beat 88% of New York towns on state tests and graduation. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $969K for a typical one and 9.8 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. New Hyde Park’s average trip to work is 38 minutes, against 25 minutes in New York’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. New Hyde Park is among the most walkable places in the country. On hazard risk, just 83 of New York’s 1,216 towns do better.
Where New Hyde Park beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far New Hyde Park is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 6%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,314 in 1930, 10,257 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 5 maps from 1897 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Hyde Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw16 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw15 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw14 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 New Hyde Park, 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 New Hyde Park.
New Hyde Park trades workers with New York City and other neighbors 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.
At 9.8 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $969K) costs more against local pay than in 93% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
The median rent in New Hyde Park is $2,172 a month. Typical home values rose 4.7% in the year to September 2026. 87% of households own their home in New Hyde Park.
| New Hyde Park | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,172 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 87% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its widest gap with New York is utility shut-off threats: 4.2% of its 8,167 adults were threatened with a utility shut-off, against 8.2% statewide. Against the 3,324 U.S. towns with household incomes like New Hyde Park’s, it is healthier than 78%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
12% of New Hyde Park adults have been diagnosed with depression. New Hyde Park beats the New York average on 23 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 24% of New Hyde Park adults have obesity.
| New Hyde Park | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 33% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.5% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | New Hyde Park | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.2% | 8.2% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10% | 17.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in New Hyde Park since 2012.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
New Hyde Park has chilly winters and warm summers. New Hyde Park’s July high is 86°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
New Hyde Park has about as many jobs (4,638) as working residents, but only 156 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave New Hyde Park for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, New Hyde Park has added 239 jobs, to 4,638 in 2023. The top destinations are New York (48%), North Hempstead (18%) and Hempstead (14%).
| New Hyde Park | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $143,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 20% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.6% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median household earns $142,927, against $85,974 across New York, one input to its A for jobs and income.
Adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (39% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (23% statewide). 48% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across New York.
| New Hyde Park | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 48% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 43.2 years | 42.9 years | 40.5 years |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| New Hyde Park | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.6% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.1% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.2% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.8% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.1% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.2% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.6% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.4% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.8% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.8% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.7% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.6% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. New Hyde Park Memorial Park | — | 5 |
| 2. Nuzzi Field | — | 2 |
| 3. Floral Park Recreation Center | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
58 within 15 miles of the center of New Hyde Park
About 6 of every 100 New Hyde Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
15 notable people were born in New Hyde Park.
Village in New York, United States
New Hyde Park is a village within the Towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. It is the anchor community of the Greater New Hyde Park area. The population was 10,257 at the time of the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with New Hyde Park.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hyde Park | #54 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Garden City | #17 | A+ | D− | A− | A+ | A+ |
| Floral Park | #29 | A+ | D− | A− | A | A+ |
| North New Hyde Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stewart Manor | — | — | D | — | A− | A |
Stewart Manor has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. New Hyde Park and Stewart Manor report no FBI crime data of their own. North New Hyde Park isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare New Hyde Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. New Hyde Park grades A overall, better than 95% of U.S. towns and #54 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.
15 notable people were born here, including Crystal Dunn and Wally Van.
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