SeldenNY
A town of 21,604, settled in 1852.
Is Selden a good place to live?
Selden’s median rent is $2,311 a month, where New York’s towns sit at $1,101 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Selden’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile, above both the New York town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). The biggest park or preserve is Middle Country Park, at 21 acres. We don’t grade Selden yet; the figures below are still real.
96% of working residents leave Selden for work
Where Selden’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum and 85 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Selden. Close and well known come first.
30 mi Stadium & arenaNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
31 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
23 mi National Historic SiteSagamore Hill National Historic Site122K visitors a year
31 mi State parkJones Beach State Park
31 mi MuseumGlass House
40 mi Park & preservePelham Bay ParkPhoto credits
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum: iMatthew // talk //, Public domain · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sagamore Hill National Historic Site: Unknown, Public domain · Jones Beach State Park: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Glass House: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Pelham Bay Park: Peter Romano, Public domain
Moving to Selden: who provides what
Selden is unincorporated, so Suffolk 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 Selden.
Most of Selden’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Selden for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Selden is 30 minutes. Jobs based in Selden grew to 4,043 in 2023, 226 more than in 2013.
| Selden | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $109,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.7% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Selden
Selden has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 23° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A typical Selden home is worth about $602K
The typical Selden home is worth about $602,000, up 7.1% in a year, 15% above the New York typical home. 85% of households own their home in Selden.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
How healthy Selden is
Selden beats the New York average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 17% of Selden adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Selden | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Selden | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.8% | 17.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Selden has set aside 3.5% of its land for conservation
5.6 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Middle Country Park | — | 21 |
| 2. Covair Lane Park | 0.2 mi | 8 |
| 3. Veterans Ballfield Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Selden faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Selden.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Selden
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Selden
About 6 of every 100 Selden residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
Selden’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Selden.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selden | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Centereach | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Farmingville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coram | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Terryville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Selden, Centereach, Farmingville, Coram and Terryville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Selden with a neighbor →
Questions about Selden
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Selden, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Selden yet; the figures below are still real.