Living in Laurel Hollow, NY
Laurel Hollow is a small town of 1,927 people in Nassau County, New York. It's about 27 miles from Bridgeport, CT and 28 miles from New York, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 23 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.6M and rent runs about $4k a month.
1,927people
$1.6MTypical home
$3,501/moRent
83° / 38°Summer / winter
23"Snow
238Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,927
- Part of a metro area
- About 651 people per sq mi
- 28 mi to New York, NY
- 27 mi to Bridgeport, CT
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.6M (≈$10k/mo)
- Median rent $3,501/mo
- Median household income $250k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 38°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
- 23" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 4 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (137 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (862 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 38% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 68% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 45 min
- 15% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to HPN airport
- 21 mi to LGA (major hub)
- 14 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 95% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1968
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 207 ft
- Right on the coast
- 193 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 31 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 165 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 6,544 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 559 bars within 25 mi
- 2,383 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 50 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 152 museums within 25 mi
- 31 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 26% of New York districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 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