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The town, home to 1,773 people, lies in New York.
The best of South Floral Park’s subject grades are an A+ for walkability, an A for incomes, and an A− for schools; the weakest is a D− for cost of living. South Floral Park’s average commute is 49 minutes, where New York’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 50 of New York’s 1,216 towns score higher on hazard risk. On civic life, just 20 of New York’s 1,187 towns do worse. South Floral Park has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far South Floral Park is from typical.
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Where South Floral Park beats most towns.
Census counts: 460 in 1930, 1,741 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2022 and 5 maps from 1897 on.
Explore the history →Where South Floral Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Ordered by what stands out in South Floral Park.
Of the losses FEMA expects in South Floral Park, 45% come from inland flooding and 29% from earthquakes. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 95% of U.S. communities. Federal aid has come to South Floral Park households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2021.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical home values rose 5.6% in the year to September 2026. In South Floral Park, the rent at the middle of the market is $1,938 a month. 83% of households live in a home they own here.
| South Floral Park | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,938 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 83% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Half of commuters travel less than 11 miles. In South Floral Park, the median household income is $119,000. The top destinations are New York (52%), Hempstead (23%) and North Hempstead (9%).
| South Floral Park | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $119,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.1% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
South Floral Park brings chilly winters and warm summers. Summer afternoons peak near 86° in July, and January nights bottom out around 25°; snowfall runs to about 26 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Since 2020, South Floral Park has grown 2%, to 1,773 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (23% statewide). Here, nearly a third of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 40% in New York as a whole.
| South Floral Park | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 42.9 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.2 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| South Floral Park | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.4% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.9% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.3% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.6% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.6% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.4% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.9% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.7% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.1% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.8% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.8% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
Among adults in South Floral Park, 21% say their health is fair or poor. Only 9 of the 756 New York towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have diabetes than South Floral Park. Against the New York average, South Floral Park comes out ahead on 5 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 13.
| South Floral Park | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 50% | 37% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 21% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | South Floral Park | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with depression | 12.4% | 17.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.7% | 7.7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 12.3% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around South Floral Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw15 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw15 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw14 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in South Floral Park, 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.
68 within 15 miles of the center of South Floral Park
About 5 of every 100 South Floral Park residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Village in New York, United States
South Floral Park (formerly known as Jamaica Square) is a village within the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 1,741 at the time of the 2020 census. At 0.096 square miles (0.25 km2), the Incorporated Village of South Floral Park is the smallest village in the State of New York by total area.
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2 towns share a border with South Floral Park.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Floral Park | — | — | D− | — | A− | B− |
| Elmont | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Floral Park | #29 | A+ | D− | A− | A | A+ |
South Floral Park has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. South Floral Park reports no FBI crime data of its own. Elmont isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare South Floral Park with a neighbor →
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Yes. That is 7.7 years of the area's median household income ($99,155 across the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
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