Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Oyster Bay’s subject grades are an A+ for walkability and health and an A for incomes; the weakest is a D− for cost of living. Oyster Bay’s median rent is $2,572 a month, where New York’s towns sit at $1,098 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. On cost of living, just 64 of New York’s 1,215 towns do worse. Its National Register listings include Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Historic District and Moore's Building. 13% of the land in Oyster Bay is conserved, above both New York’s towns (5.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge, at 4,240 acres. Oyster Bay has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and schools, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
Where Oyster Bay beats most towns.
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club| Widest gap | Oyster Bay | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 17.2% |
Census counts: 4,097 in 1790, 301,332 in 2020. The archive holds 17 old photos and papers going back to 1705 and 6 maps from 1897 on.
61 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Oyster Bay is from typical.
Oyster Bay has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and schools, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oyster Bay. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw25 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw24 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw22 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 Oyster Bay, 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 Oyster Bay.
The typical Oyster Bay home is worth about $1,054,000, up 8.7% in a year, about twice the New York typical home. 89% of Oyster Bay households own their home.
| Oyster Bay | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 75% | 73% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 56% | 49% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Three of its 93 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berner Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,487 | B |
| Syosset Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,400 | A |
| Massapequa High SchoolTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,407 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts
14% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Oyster Bay. Oyster Bay beats the New York average on 22 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 26% of adults have obesity in Oyster Bay.
| Oyster Bay | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.5% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Oyster Bay | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.2% | 8.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 4,654 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Oyster Bay.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Oyster Bay has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 24° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
172 miles of trail in 191 parks and preserves. Oyster Bay’s trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bethpage State Park | 36.8 mi | 1,393 |
| 2. Muttontown Preserve | 14.8 mi | 564 |
| 3. Trail View State Park | 11.3 mi | 574 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Oyster Bay for work: only 19% work in town. The median household income in Oyster Bay is $160,000. The top destinations are New York (33%), Hempstead (14%) and North Hempstead (9%).
| Oyster Bay | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $160,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 18% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 19% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
16 within 15 miles of the center of Oyster Bay
About 7 of every 100 Oyster Bay residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
12.8% of the town is conserved land, across 191 parks and preserves.
61 places in Oyster Bay on the National Register of Historic Places.
25 notable people were born in Oyster Bay.
Town in New York, United States
The Town of Oyster Bay is the easternmost of the three towns that make up Nassau County, New York, United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area, it is the only town in Nassau County to extend from the North Shore to the South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 301,332, making it the 5th most populous city or town in the state. The town contains numerous incorporated villages and unincorporated hamlets, several of which extend into neighboring towns. The United States Postal Service has organized these 36 places into 30 five-digit ZIP Codes, served by 20 post offices. Each post office shares the name of one of the hamlets or villages, but their bound…
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10 towns share a border with Oyster Bay.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oyster Bay | — | — | D− | — | — | A+ |
| Hempstead | #118 | A | D− | — | A | A |
| Huntington | #61 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Lloyd Harbor | #40 | A+ | D | — | A+ | A+ |
| Glen Cove | #348 | B | D− | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Levittown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Babylon | — | — | D− | — | — | A− |
| North Hempstead | #44 | A+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
Oyster Bay, Hempstead, Huntington, Lloyd Harbor, Babylon and North Hempstead report no FBI crime data of their own. Oyster Bay, Levittown and Babylon aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Oyster Bay with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Oyster Bay has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and schools, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
Yes. That is 10.6 years of the area's median household income ($99,155 across the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
25 notable people were born here, including Henry Norris Russell and Theodore Roosevelt Jr..
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