Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Few places in the country grade higher. Roslyn earns an A+, 41st among New York's 745 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 96% of the country, the median household earns $116K, and its schools outperform 93% of the state's. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $1.7 million for a typical one and 17.4 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 95% of U.S. towns. 74% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Roslyn, above both New York’s towns (32%) and U.S. towns (29%). Roslyn is among the most walkable places in the country. No town among the 758 in New York we compare has a higher median age than Roslyn.
Where Roslyn beats most towns.
Its founding year, 1643, comes before those of 98% of the New York towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 972 in 1940, 2,988 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1834 and 6 maps from 1897 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Roslyn is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 3%), so the A+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Roslyn. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw16 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw18 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaYankee Stadium
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife 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 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Roslyn, 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 Roslyn.
Roslyn draws workers from New York City and beyond and has less food insecurity than most of New York, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York.
At 17.4 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $1.72M) costs more against local pay than in 98% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
The median rent in Roslyn is $2,223 a month. Typical home values rose 10% in the year to September 2026. 63% of Roslyn households own their home.
| Roslyn | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,223 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 63% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 6.5% of its 2,496 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
10% of adults report frequent mental distress in Roslyn. Roslyn beats the New York average on 24 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 28% of adults feel lonely in Roslyn.
| Roslyn | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 5.5% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Roslyn | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.5% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.4% | 8.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2,678 jobs are based in Roslyn, 2.2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Roslyn for work: only 3% work in town. Roslyn’s average trip to work is 30 minutes. Since 2013, Roslyn has lost 320 jobs, to 2,678 in 2023.
| Roslyn | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 86% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 29 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Roslyn.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Roslyn 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.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.2 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Roslyn | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.4% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gerry Park | 0.1 mi | 13 |
| 2. Roslyn Pines Swim & Tennis Club | — | 3 |
| 3. Roslyn Waterfront Promenade | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
41 within 15 miles of the center of Roslyn
About 1 of every 100 Roslyn residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Roslyn’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
18 notable people were born in Roslyn.
Village in the United States
Roslyn ( ROZ-lin) is a village in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is the Greater Roslyn area's anchor community. The population was 2,988 at the time of the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
5 towns share a border with Roslyn.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roslyn | #41 | A+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Roslyn Harbor | — | — | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Flower Hill | #22 | A+ | D | — | A | A+ |
| East Hills | #27 | A+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Roslyn Estates | — | — | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Roslyn Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Roslyn Harbor and Roslyn Estates have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Roslyn, Roslyn Harbor, Flower Hill, East Hills and Roslyn Estates report no FBI crime data of their own. Roslyn Heights isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Roslyn with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Roslyn grades A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns and #41 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−.
18 notable people were born here, including Nathan Banks and Richard Stephen Sackler.
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