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The town was settled in 1913 and has 6,975 residents today.
Roslyn Heights’ midpoint rent is $3,408 a month, where New York’s towns sit at $1,101 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. We don’t grade Roslyn Heights yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Roslyn Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census counts: 6,295 in 2000, 6,747 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1959 and 6 maps from 1897 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Roslyn Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw18 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw17 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw15 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
Roslyn Heights 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Roslyn Heights.
In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 8%. Nearly nine in ten households live in a home they own in Roslyn Heights.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Roslyn Heights’ FEMA risk score stands at 9 of 100. Since 1979, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally. FEMA puts 68% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 11% to hurricanes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Roslyn Heights’ middle household income comes in at $175,000. For most workers, Roslyn Heights is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Roslyn Heights has lost 377 jobs, to 1,948 in 2023. In Roslyn Heights, 4.9% of residents live below the poverty line.
| Roslyn Heights | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 40 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $175,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 19% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A winter brings about 19 inches of snow, with January nights at 26° and July afternoons at 85°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For adults in Roslyn Heights, the share who report frequent mental distress is 11%. Among adults locally, 24% have obesity.
| Roslyn Heights | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 21% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 33% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.7% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Roslyn Heights | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.1% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.9% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Walkers can cover 0.7 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. In Roslyn Heights, the concentration of trails is 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Roslyn Heights | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.8% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Clark Botanic Garden | 0.7 mi | 13 |
| 2. Roslyn Country Club | — | 12 |
| 3. Donald Street Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
34 within 15 miles of the center of Roslyn Heights
About 6 of every 100 Roslyn Heights residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
7 notable people were born in Roslyn Heights.
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Roslyn Heights is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Incorporated Village of Roslyn. The population was 6,747 at the time of the 2020 census.
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8 towns share a border with Roslyn Heights.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roslyn Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Hills | #27 | A+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
| North Hills | #33 | A+ | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Old Westbury | #43 | A+ | D− | A | A | A+ |
| East Williston | #20 | A+ | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Roslyn | #41 | A+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Albertson | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Roslyn Estates | — | — | D− | — | A | A+ |
Roslyn Estates has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. East Hills, North Hills, East Williston, Roslyn and Roslyn Estates report no FBI crime data of their own. Roslyn Heights and Albertson aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Roslyn Heights with a neighbor →
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We don’t grade Roslyn Heights yet; the figures below are still real.
7 notable people were born here, including Mike Pollock and Richard Zimler.
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