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A town of 15,549, settled in 1868.
Seaford’s median rent is $2,489 a month, above both the New York town median ($1,101 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Seaford’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile, where New York’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. The biggest park or preserve is Cedar Creek Park, at 81 acres. We don’t grade Seaford yet; the figures below are still real.
Coastal flooding makes up 21% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Census counts: 15,791 in 2000, 15,251 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1956 and 6 maps from 1901 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Seaford. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw27 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw26 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw27 mi BeachConey IslandCentral 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
Seaford 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 Seaford.
The typical Seaford home is worth about $807,000, up 6.3% in a year, 54% above the New York typical home. 93% of households own their home in Seaford.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Seaford for work: only 6% work in town. Seaford’s average trip to work is 38 minutes. Since 2013, Seaford has added 303 jobs, to 3,165 in 2023.
| Seaford | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 38 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $173,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.6% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.7% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 69% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 1,978 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Seaford.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Seaford has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 26° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
3.2 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tackapausha Preserve | 2.4 mi | 61 |
| 2. Cedar Creek Park | — | 81 |
| 3. Seamans Neck Park | — | 55 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Seaford beats the New York average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 16% of Seaford adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Seaford | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Seaford | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.7% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.2% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New York average. 46% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across New York.
| Seaford | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 46% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 40.3 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 22% | 20% | 22% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.1 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Seaford | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.9% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.8% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.6% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.1% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.3% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.4% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.9% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.7% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.9% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.5% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.8% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.1% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.9% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
17 within 15 miles of the center of Seaford
About 6 of every 100 Seaford residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
Where Seaford’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
6 notable people were born in Seaford.
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Seaford is a census-designated place in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 15,251 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Seaford.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaford | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Massapequa | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hempstead | #118 | A | D− | — | A | A |
| Oyster Bay | — | — | D− | — | — | A+ |
| Wantagh | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Wantagh | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Hempstead and Oyster Bay report no FBI crime data of their own. Seaford, Massapequa, Oyster Bay, Wantagh and North Wantagh aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Seaford with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
We don’t grade Seaford yet; the figures below are still real.
6 notable people were born here, including Sean Nolin and Adam Bergen.
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