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West Hempstead

  • Population
    18,985
  • Change from 1990
    7%
  • Population density
    6,958 per square mile
  • Median household income
    $88,563.0
  • Median age
    40 years
  • Married with children
    38% of households
  • Median age of dwellings
    51 years
  • Owner-occupied
    86% of homes
  • LIRR travel time to NYC
    47-53 minutes
  • Crime risk
    35 (100 = national average)
demographic profile | home value estimates

Recent Home Sales

Buyers guide

  • High-end

    Price: $550,00-$750,000
    Specs: 4+ BR, 2.5+ BA
    Colonials, Tudors, splits

  • Trade-up

    Price: $450,000-$550,000
    Specs: 4 BR, 2 BA; Many with fireplaces
    Exp. capes, Colonials, Tudors

  • Starter

    Price: $375,000-$450,000
    Specs: 3 BR, 1-2 BA
    Ranches and capes
Source: Kathleen Evangelista, Prudential Douglas Elliman

Home Prices

  • Median price of single-family home in West Hempstead:

    2012 $353,250.0
    2011 $365,000.0
    2010 $395,000.0
    2009 $371,000.0
    2008 $397,250.0
    2007 $443,000.0

Community Profile

How to describe West Hempstead? For Rosalie Norton, president of the hamlet's civic association and a resident for almost 40 years, three words come to mind: stability, continuity and concern.

Service groups include the Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary clubs, senior-citizen organizations, youth programs and religious institutions. Recreational areas include 775-acre Hempstead Lake State Park.

Trammell Crow Residential Developers, in contract with the owners of the blighted Courtesy Hotel, are proposing 220 upscale rental apartments, which will require a zoning change. Other community projects include the construction of a new library and a beautification program along Hempstead Turnpike.

Neighborhoods feature capes, ranches, high-ranches, split-levels, Colonials and Tudors, priced from $379,000 to $815,000, says Frank Evangelista of RE/MAX West in West Hempstead.

-Lisa Doll Bruno (10/6/2006)

Compare Schools


District

Students
Spending per pupil
Average teacher salary
Pupil / teacher ratio
Master's degrees*
Advanced diplomas**
West Hempstead
2,372
$17,204.4
$83,546.0
12.9
50%
52%
Malverne
1,663
$17,916.5
$69,449.0
11.0
36%
29%
Franklin Square
1,927
$12,476.0
$72,812.0
15.3
32%
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Rockville Centre
3,622
$17,768.3
$71,325.0
12.0
35%
72%
Baldwin
5,482
$14,703.9
$71,566.0
13.4
37%
48%
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*Classroom teachers with a master's degree plus 30 hours or a doctorate.
**Graduates receiving Regents diplomas with advanced designation.
For more test scores and other school information, visit our
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