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A town of 7,524, settled in 1926.
Williston Park is one of the best-graded places in America: an A, ranked 52nd of 745 in New York. It is healthier than 95% of U.S. towns, its schools outperform 92% of the state's, and the median household earns $156K. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $944K for a typical one and 9.5 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Williston Park’s average trip to work is 39 minutes, where New York’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Williston Park is among the most walkable places in the country. Only 57 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on history.
Where Williston Park beats most towns.
Where Williston Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Williston Park is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 3%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,427 in 1930, 7,591 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 6 maps from 1897 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Williston Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw17 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw18 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw15 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 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Williston 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Williston Park.
Williston Park has less tooth loss than most of New York and has household incomes well above the New York norm, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York.
At 9.5 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $944K) costs more against local pay than in 92% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
Williston Park’s median rent is $2,171 a month. The typical Williston Park home is worth about $944,000, about the same as a year ago, 80% above the New York typical home.
| Williston Park | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,171 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 79% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its widest gap with New York is tooth loss: 6.2% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.8% statewide. Against the 2,368 U.S. towns with household incomes like Williston Park’s, it is healthier than 73%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
14% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Williston Park. Williston Park beats the New York average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 26% of adults have obesity in Williston Park.
| Williston Park | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Williston Park | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.2% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.6% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Williston Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Williston Park for work: only 4% work in town. 3.2% of Williston Park residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are New York (39%), North Hempstead (25%) and Hempstead (14%).
| Williston Park | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $156,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Williston Park has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 26° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Roger Fay Pool Park | — | 4 |
| 2. John D. Caemmerer Park | — | 1 |
| 3. Williston Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
32 within 15 miles of the center of Williston Park
About 6 of every 100 Williston Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
Village in New York, United States
Williston Park is an incorporated village in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 7,591 at the time of the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Williston Park.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williston Park | #52 | A | D− | — | A | A |
| Mineola | #82 | A | D− | — | A− | A |
| Herricks | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Albertson | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Williston | #20 | A+ | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
Williston Park, Mineola and East Williston report no FBI crime data of their own. Herricks and Albertson aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Williston Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Williston Park grades A overall, better than 95% of U.S. towns and #52 of 745 in New York. It grades A for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
2 notable people were born here, including Bill Fiore and Karen Hitchcock.
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