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A regional job hub with 36,030 jobs. Some 33,148 people live in this town, in New York.
Uniondale’s going rate for rent is $2,494 a month, above both the New York town median ($1,101 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). The biggest park or preserve is Francis Purcell Preserve, at 67 acres. We don’t grade Uniondale yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Uniondale beats most towns.
24,759 counted in 2010 and 32,473 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Census counts: 23,011 in 2000, 32,473 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1958 and 7 maps from 1897 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Uniondale. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw21 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw20 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw19 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
Uniondale 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 Uniondale.
For Uniondale, the average commute is 33 minutes. Just 8% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The top destinations are Hempstead (31%), New York (30%) and North Hempstead (10%). Half of commuters travel less than 9 miles.
| Uniondale | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $125,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 8.7% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Flood insurance has paid out on 16 claims in Uniondale since 1978. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in just over four fifths of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 54% come from inland flooding and 20% from earthquakes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes sold in Uniondale spent a median 34 days on the market. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 6.1%. Also worth knowing: 70% of households own their home in the town.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In July, afternoons reach 85°; in January, nights fall to 25°, and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Among adults in Uniondale, 13% have been diagnosed with depression and 37% feel lonely. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Uniondale is ahead of New York on 5 and behind on 10. For adults in the town, the share who binge drink is 15%.
| Uniondale | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 37% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 21% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 32% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Uniondale | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.7% | 7.7% |
| Fewer adults with depression | 13.4% | 17.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 11.3% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails run 1.5 miles in 6 parks and preserves. Uniondale’s density of trails stands at 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Uniondale | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.8% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hempstead Plains Preserve | 0.8 mi | 16 |
| 2. Francis Purcell Preserve | — | 67 |
| 3. Mitchel Athletic Complex | — | 58 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
27 within 15 miles of the center of Uniondale
College town 17 of every 100 Uniondale residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Uniondale’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
5 notable people were born in Uniondale.
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
Uniondale is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in central Nassau County, New York, on Long Island, in the Town of Hempstead, within the New York metropolitan area. The population was 32,473 at the time of the 2020 United States census. The CDP is home to Nassau Community College, Hofstra University's north campus and a portion of its southern campus, as well as the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
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9 towns share a border with Uniondale.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uniondale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hempstead | #692 | D | D | C | C− | C |
| Garden City | #17 | A+ | D− | A− | A+ | A+ |
| East Meadow | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Roosevelt | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hempstead | #118 | A | D− | — | A | A |
| North Hempstead | #44 | A+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Baldwin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Hempstead and North Hempstead report no FBI crime data of their own. Uniondale, East Meadow, Roosevelt and Baldwin aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Uniondale with a neighbor →
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We don’t grade Uniondale yet; the figures below are still real. Some 33,148 people live in this town, in New York.
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