New Hempstead is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 5,421 people and two associated neighborhoods, New Hempstead is the 304th largest community in New York.

New Hempstead home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but New Hempstead real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Of important note, New Hempstead is also a village of artists. New Hempstead has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape New Hempstead’s character.

Also of interest is that New Hempstead has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in New Hempstead telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.43% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Because of many things, New Hempstead is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, New Hempstead really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is New Hempstead perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in New Hempstead, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.33 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

In New Hempstead, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though New Hempstead is a relatively small village. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

The citizens of New Hempstead are among the most well-educated in the nation: 47.44% of adults in New Hempstead have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in New Hempstead in 2022 was $37,747, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $150,988 for a family of four.

New Hempstead is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call New Hempstead home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Hempstead residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. New Hempstead also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.52% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in New Hempstead include Polish, Russian, German, Hungarian, and Irish.

In addition, New Hempstead has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.38%).

The most common language spoken in New Hempstead is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.