Area data
Hempstead, NY — ZIP 11549
Population: 2,359 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 420.6 (+5.3% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Above Average)
- 107.9 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 26.4¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $17.60/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively High
- Top hazards
- coastalFlooding, iceStorm, lightning, winterWeather, coldWave
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 50.7 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 31
- Days with Good air quality
- 308
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 20
- Nearest national park
- Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (11 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Republic Airport (FRG) (10 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Republic Airport (FRG) (10 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 125
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.7 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 348
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (3.9 kWh/m²/day)
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 547,964
- Average weekly wage
- $1,399
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Professional Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 323
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