RooseveltNY
Settled in 1902, this town now has 18,885 residents.
Is Roosevelt a good place to live?
Roosevelt’s going rate for 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 City parkCentral 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
The natural-hazard score from FEMA in Roosevelt is 10 of 100. Expected losses in Roosevelt break down as 55% from inland flooding and 11% from earthquakes. Also worth knowing: 4 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 1983.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Roosevelt’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.3 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Hempstead (35%), New York (30%) and Oyster Bay (9%). Commuting out is the norm in Roosevelt: 4% of working residents work locally. The town’s median household income stands at $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
The typical home in Roosevelt: about $651K
In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 6.9%. Roosevelt: 77% of households are owner-occupiers.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Roosevelt
The range runs from 26° on a January night to 85° on a July afternoon, with about 19 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Protected land: 11% of Roosevelt
Trails run 1.2 miles in 6 parks and preserves. Roosevelt’s trail network density comes in at 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 smaller share of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Roosevelt than in most of New York or the rest of the country
Among adults in Roosevelt, 15% binge drink. Only 3 of the 756 New York towns we compare have a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Roosevelt. Of 32 CDC measures, Roosevelt beats the New York average on 8 and trails it on 9.
| 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.