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Salisbury’s story
Salisbury in pictures
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12,412 residents make their home in this town in New York.
Population
12,412
Census survey, 2020–24
Median home value
$664K
Census ACS
Household income
$162K
median
Median age
45.4
years
Jobs based here
4,242
A commuter town
Is Salisbury a good place to live?
Salisbury’s median household income is $162,000, above both the New York town median ($82,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). We don’t grade Salisbury yet; the figures below are still real.
A commuter town
98% of working residents leave Salisbury for work
Where Salisbury’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
4,242jobs based in Salisbury
2%of working residents work in town
9 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
Nearby attractions
All 600 attractions →Central Park and 511 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Salisbury. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw23 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 draw20 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo 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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Getting set up
Moving to Salisbury: who provides what
Salisbury is unincorporated, so Nassau County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerPSEG Long Island26.2¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterTown of Hempstead Water DepartmentNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet3 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesNassau CountyNassau County provides services here
Register to voteOnlineIn New York you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before and received 10 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereNassau County Board of ElectionsNassau County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jul 2019
ZIP code1159011590 100%Census 2020
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 Salisbury.
Natural hazards
Salisbury has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Salisbury sits below 92% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 57% come from inland flooding and 14% from earthquakes. This New York town has had 9 paid flood insurance claims since 1980.
8risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingEarthquakesHurricanes
9
paid flood claims since 1980
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Work & commute
About one in three of Salisbury’s working residents commute to New York City
Salisbury’s average trip to work comes in at 32 minutes. Commuting out is the norm here: 2% of working residents work locally. Also worth knowing: for residents here, the share who live below the poverty line is 4.8%. Employers in Salisbury added 672 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 4,242.
2%work in town
| Salisbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
In Salisbury2%
New York32%
Hempstead24%
North Hempstead13%
Oyster Bay10%
9 mi
median commute distance
4,242
jobs based in Salisbury
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Climate
The climate in Salisbury brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Winters in Salisbury are chilly and summers warm. Summer afternoons peak near 85° in July, and January nights bottom out around 25°; snowfall runs to about 19 inches a winter.
19″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter27–43°
Spring41–60°
Summer64–83°
Fall47–65°
Nov 12
typical first frost
Apr 2
typical last frost
+2.2°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Who lives here
More middle-aged adults than New York overall
Among adults 25 and older in Salisbury, 48% hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (39% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (23% statewide). For Salisbury, the median age is 45.4 years.
45.4median age · NY 39.8
| Salisbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 48% | 32% | 29% |
| Median age | 45.4 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 18% | 20% | 22% |
SalisburyNew YorkUnited States
Ages · share of residents
18%
Education · adults 25 and older
No diploma5%
High school18%
Some college17%
Associate’s14%
Bachelor’s33%
Graduate14%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.9 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Median age: women 45.7, men 45.2.
| Salisbury | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.3% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.8% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.7% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.7% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.4% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.8% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.9% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.8% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.7% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17.5% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.5% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.9% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 33.2% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.3% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Health
Compared with most of New York and the rest of the country, fewer of Salisbury’s adults have been diagnosed with depression
In Salisbury, 22% of adults get no exercise outside work. The town beats the New York average on 21 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 13% of adults in Salisbury report frequent mental distress; 7.8% smoke cigarettes.
| Salisbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.8% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 35% |
32 measures vs. New York
21 better10 too close to call1 worse
| What stands out | Salisbury | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.4% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.5% | 8.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.7% | 7.7% |
Nassau University Medical Center
1.4 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Outdoors
In Salisbury, 3.4% of the land is conserved
0.3 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. For Salisbury, the trail network density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
3.4%conserved
| Salisbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.4% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
3.4%
conserved · 38 of 1,119 acres
0.3 mi
of trails · 0.2 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Field of Dreams | — | 8 |
| 2. Carman Avenue Green | 0.1 mi | 7 |
| 3. Gabriel Vitale Memorial Field | 0.1 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Salisbury
16pages on Salisbury
The big questions
Out and about
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
27 within 15 miles of the center of Salisbury
Nassau Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Garden City2.2 mi$6,330 in-state tuitionHofstra UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Hempstead3 mi$57,660 tuitionSUNY Old WestburyUniversity or college · Public · Old Westbury3.7 mi$8,422 in-state tuition
About 8 of every 100 Salisbury residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
About Salisbury
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Salisbury (formerly known as South Westbury) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 12,093 at the 2010 census. Many Levitt style homes lie adjacent to Eisenhower Park (formerly known as Salisbury Park). It is served by the Westbury station of the Long Island Rail Road and shares fire districts with Westbury and East Meadow.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 1.7 sq mi
Salisbury’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Salisbury.
East MeadowHempsteadHicksvilleOyster BayNew CasselLevittownNorth HempsteadSalisbury
How the neighbors grade
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Meadow | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hempstead | #118 | A | D− | — | A | A |
| Hicksville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oyster Bay | — | — | D− | — | — | A+ |
| New Cassel | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Levittown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Hempstead | #44 | A+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
Hempstead, Oyster Bay and North Hempstead report no FBI crime data of their own. Salisbury, East Meadow, Hicksville, Oyster Bay, New Cassel and Levittown aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Salisbury with a neighbor →
Questions about Salisbury
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Salisbury, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Salisbury yet; the figures below are still real.