PlainedgeNY
A town of 8,624.
Is Plainedge a good place to live?
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98% of working residents leave Plainedge for work
Where Plainedge’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Central Park and 502 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Plainedge. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw27 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw26 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumPhoto credits
Central 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
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Moving to Plainedge: who provides what
Plainedge 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Plainedge.
Plainedge has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Compared with 91% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Plainedge is lower. Expected losses in Plainedge break down as 59% from inland flooding and 14% from hurricanes. This New York town has had 5 paid flood insurance claims since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Plainedge than in most of New York or the rest of the country
The top destinations are New York (29%), Oyster Bay (21%) and Hempstead (16%). Plainedge’s middle household income stands at $158,000. In Plainedge, the mean commuting time is 31 minutes, where New York’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The share of residents in Plainedge who live below the poverty line: 5.7%.
| Plainedge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $158,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Plainedge’s year
Plainedge’s midsummer high comes in at 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Plainedge is
For adults in Plainedge, the share who have high blood pressure is 29%. 15% of Plainedge adults have been diagnosed with depression, below both the New York town median (21%) and the median of U.S. towns (23%).
| Plainedge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Plainedge | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.9% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A typical New York spread of ages in Plainedge
In Plainedge, 17% of residents are 65 or older. No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New York average. College graduates make up 43% of adults 25 and older, against 40% across New York.
| Plainedge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 42.4 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.2 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Plainedge | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.3% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.9% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.9% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.1% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.1% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.9% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.1% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.3% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.9% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.5% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.4% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.2% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.7% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Conserved land covers 2.5% of Plainedge
In 5 parks and preserves, walkers have 0.8 miles of trail. Plainedge’s concentration of trails is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Plainedge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.5% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dennis-Elizabeth Parklet B-2 | — | 3 |
| 2. Ludwig-Florence Park B-1 | — | 2 |
| 3. Pinetree Park F-5 | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Plainedge, the median rent runs higher than in the typical New York or U.S. town
On the market in Plainedge: a median 34 days to sell. The median sale price was $810,000 in May 2026. Among households in the town, 93% own their home.
| Plainedge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,378 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 93% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Plainedge
Colleges nearby
15 within 15 miles of the center of Plainedge
About 5 of every 100 Plainedge residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Plainedge
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Plainedge (previously known as Turkeyville) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) on the South Shore in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 9,517 at the time of the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 66 ft
Plainedge’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Plainedge.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plainedge | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Levittown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oyster Bay | — | — | D− | — | — | A+ |
| Hempstead | #118 | A | D− | — | A | A |
| North Massapequa | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bethpage | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| South Farmingdale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Farmingdale | #123 | A | D− | — | B+ | A |
Oyster Bay, Hempstead and Farmingdale report no FBI crime data of their own. Plainedge, Levittown, Oyster Bay, North Massapequa, Bethpage and South Farmingdale aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Plainedge with a neighbor →
Questions about Plainedge
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Is Plainedge, NY a good place to live?
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