Living in Brookville, NY
Brookville is a small town of 2,941 people in Nassau County, New York. It's about 22 miles from New York, NY. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 40°F, with about 20 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $2.0M and rent runs about $2k a month.
2,941people
$2.0MTypical home
$2,252/moRent
85° / 40°Summer / winter
20"Snow
238Sunny days
114Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,941
- Part of a metro area
- About 745 people per sq mi
- 22 mi to New York, NY
- 22 mi to New York, NY
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $2.0M (≈$13k/mo)
- Median rent $2,252/mo
- Median household income $250k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 40°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (78 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 43 of 90 winter days are gray
- 114 days a year with rain or snow
- 20" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 3 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (56 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (554 per 100k)
People
- Median age 26
- 53% of households have kids
- 12% are 65 or older
- 75% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 32% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 16% walk or take transit to work
- 16 mi to LGA airport
- 16 mi to LGA (major hub)
- 13 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 94% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1967
- 99% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 331 ft
- 4 mi to the ocean
- 191 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 26 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 162 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 12,501 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 1,723 bars within 25 mi
- 4,602 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 127 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 256 museums within 25 mi
- 56 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 20% of New York districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 4 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Nassau County: R+4 in 2024
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.