City safety & data profile

HempsteadNY

Hempstead, NY is a 56K-resident city in Nassau County with a median household income of $90,420.

Nassau County, New York. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Hempstead, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Hempstead has a population larger than 82% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $459,500.

Data updated 2026-09-03

56K
Population (place)
Top 18%
By size
$90,420
Median income (place)
$459,500
Median home (place)
14.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Hempstead

Hempstead posts a median household income higher than 61% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 39%
by median income, US cities

Where Hempstead income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$90,420 Top 39% higher than 61% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Hempstead $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in NY

Population among 197 NY places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows New York City is the largest NY city on this list; Scarsdale leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NY

Median household income among the same 197-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Scarsdale posts the highest place-level median income in NY; New York City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Hempstead, NY beyond the headline numbers

Hempstead sits inside Nassau County, New York, at roughly 40.71°N, -73.62°W. Population 55,547, $90,420 median household income. Median home value $459,500, median rent $1,622. Poverty rate 14.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Hempstead, NY stands at 14.4%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Hempstead runs about 5.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 7.3% of Hempstead workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, physical inactivity departs furthest from its peer median: 36.1% in Hempstead, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

19.2% of Hempstead workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Hempstead from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
55,547
Hempstead · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$90,420
Near average
Median Home Value (place)
$459,500
+11% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Nassau County): Hempstead's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.4M+3%
Median Income
$146,202+50%
Median Home Value
$684,700+51%
Poverty Rate
5.4%-10%
Unemployment
4.8%-35%

Economics

Economics indicators for Hempstead, NY
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,622/mo
Poverty Rate
14.4% +16% vs avg
Unemployment 9.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 21.5%
Work From Home 7.3%
Public Transit 19.2%

Population

White 5.9%
African American 45%
Asian 2.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 1%

Health Profile 14 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
38.9%
Physical Inactivity
36.1%
High Blood Pressure
35.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
15.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
15%
Diabetes
14.1%
Binge Drinking
13.8%
Current Smoking
13.3%
Current Asthma
11.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 51.7%
Annual Checkup 80%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
5.6%
Stroke
3.9%

What alerts and safety updates affect Hempstead?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Hempstead right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet NY-HEMPSTEAD · Hempstead

Hempstead: 2 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 2 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose

Tagged alert mix: Hempstead

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Hempstead.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Hempstead; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse New York state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

San Jose, CA 2 alerts Fresno, CA 2 alerts Pittsburgh, PA 2 alerts York, PA 2 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Hempstead, NY? ▼
Hempstead, NY has a population of 55,547 people, located in Nassau County, New York.
What is the median household income in Hempstead? ▼
The median household income in Hempstead, NY is $90,420 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.4%.
What is the median home value in Hempstead? ▼
The median home value in Hempstead, NY is $459,500. Median rent is $1,622/month.
What are the top health concerns in Hempstead? ▼
The top health indicators in Hempstead include Obesity (38.9%), Physical Inactivity (36.1%), High Blood Pressure (35.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Hempstead? ▼
The median age in Hempstead, NY is 38.1 years. 21.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Hempstead, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NY (14.4% here).

Salem, OR 14.4% North Charleston, SC 14.4% Miami Beach, FL 14.4% Westminster, CA 14.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NY ($90,420 here).

Addison, IL $90,431 North Branch, MN $90,456 Eatontown, NJ $90,463 Norton, OH $90,464

Compare Hempstead with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Garden City, NY 23K Uniondale, NY 25K West Hempstead, NY 19K Roosevelt, NY 16K Mineola, NY 19K Baldwin, NY 24K Rockville Centre, NY 24K Franklin Square, NY 29K
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Using Hempstead's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Hempstead area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Hempstead against New York peers on any ranking lens. Explore New York

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Nassau County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.