Living in Mill Neck, NY
Mill Neck is a small town of 1,136 people in Nassau County, New York. It's about 25 miles from New York, NY. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 39°F, with about 25 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.4M and rent runs about $4k a month.
1,136people
$1.4MTypical home
$3,501/moRent
84° / 39°Summer / winter
25"Snow
238Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,136
- Part of a metro area
- About 434 people per sq mi
- 25 mi to New York, NY
- 25 mi to New York, NY
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.4M (≈$8,632/mo)
- Median rent $3,501/mo
- Median household income $196k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 39°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
- 25" 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 54
- 31% of households have kids
- 27% are 65 or older
- 65% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 39 min
- 11% walk or take transit to work
- 15 mi to HPN airport
- 18 mi to LGA (major hub)
- 11 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1959
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 59 ft
- Right on the coast
- 188 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 27 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 176 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 10,409 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 1,240 bars within 25 mi
- 3,767 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 103 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 207 museums within 25 mi
- 43 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 29% 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
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
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