RooseveltNY
A town of 18,885, settled in 1902.
Is Roosevelt a good place to live?
Roosevelt’s median rent is $2,565 a month, above both the New York town median ($1,101 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). The biggest place to walk is Roosevelt Preserve, 85 acres with 1.1 miles of trail. We don’t grade Roosevelt yet; the figures below are still real.
Roosevelt has grown 11% from 2010 to 2020
16,258 counted in 2010 and 18,066 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Central Park and 508 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Roosevelt. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw22 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw21 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw22 mi BeachConey IslandPhoto 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 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain
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Moving to Roosevelt: who provides what
Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt.
Very low risk in Roosevelt, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities. Since 1983, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Roosevelt.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Roosevelt’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Roosevelt for work: only 4% work in town. At 38 minutes, Roosevelt’s average trip to work is against 25 minutes in New York’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. The median household income in Roosevelt is $135,000.
| Roosevelt | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 38 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $135,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical Roosevelt home is worth about $651K
The typical Roosevelt home is worth about $651,000, up 6.9% in a year, 24% above the New York typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Roosevelt
Roosevelt has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 26° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 11% of Roosevelt
1.2 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. Roosevelt’s trail density is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Roosevelt | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 11% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Roosevelt Preserve | 1.1 mi | 85 |
| 2. Reverend Arthur Mackey Park | — | 33 |
| 3. St. Francis Street Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A larger share of adults sleep under 7 hours in Roosevelt than in most of New York or the rest of the country
49% of Roosevelt adults sleep under 7 hours. Roosevelt beats the New York average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 9.7% of Roosevelt adults smoke cigarettes.
| Roosevelt | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 49% | 37% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 21% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 32% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Roosevelt | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.4% | 7.7% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4% | 6% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 21.4% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Roosevelt
Colleges nearby
27 within 15 miles of the center of Roosevelt
About 8 of every 100 Roosevelt residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
96% of working residents leave Roosevelt for work
Where Roosevelt’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Roosevelt’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Roosevelt.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Freeport | #414 | B− | D− | B | B− | B |
| Uniondale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baldwin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Merrick | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Merrick | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Roosevelt, Uniondale, Baldwin, North Merrick and Merrick aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Roosevelt with a neighbor →
Questions about Roosevelt
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Roosevelt, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Roosevelt yet; the figures below are still real.