11549Uniondale, New York

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 11549.

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How this area ranks
Data updated · 9 sources
ClimateTop 49% of 6,789 ZIP areas measured70
Physical resilienceTop 8% of 6,709 ZIP areas measured93
AccessTop 23% of 6,791 ZIP areas measured98
Economic stability6,659th of 6,742 ZIP areas measured14
The quick read

Natural-hazard exposure is lower than in most comparable published ZIP profiles, placing 11549 in the top 8% for physical resilience.

A typical July reaches 83°F and a typical January falls to 25°F, on thirty-year normals.

John F Kennedy Intl is 11 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

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At a glance

Population
2,359
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
Density
9,829/sq mi
0.2 sq mi of land
Median age
20.3
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Uniondale
New York
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Nearest major airport
JFK
11 mi · John F Kennedy Intl
Median home value

Jobs & opportunity

72% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 97% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Per capita income ±$8,036$9,327Bottom 1%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate20.0%Top 18%of 32,9702024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute12.7 minBottom 3%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher71.6%Top 3%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation41.6%Bottom 9%of 33,2522024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$86,310Top 13%of 6,0722025 OEWS
Median annual wage$61,430Top 15%of 6,0722025 OEWS
Largest occupations — New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Home Health and Personal Care Aides644,700$39,680
Retail Salespersons202,080$38,280
Registered Nurses197,740$119,720
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners183,030$42,840
General and Operations Managers177,850$157,000
Cashiers173,830$35,950

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 83°F and January a low of 25°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 38.3 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 31, in the Good band, and no day in the year passed 100.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station FARMINGDALE AP, 9.6 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND3.7"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index54.02024 calendar year
Annual precipitation38.3"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low25°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high83°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months61991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 10002024 calendar year
Median air quality index31.02024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing43°F1991-2020 Normals
Air quality
Median air quality index
31
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
54
90th percentile index
Days above 100
0
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today. Air quality is measured rather than modeled, by EPA monitors, and published by county only where a monitor sits — a little over half the counties AreaProfile publishes have one, and about a fifth of all US counties do, and the rest show nothing rather than an estimate. Air masses are regional, so a county reading describes the air over a place reasonably well, but it is still the county reading.

Physical risk

93 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are earthquake, hurricane and coastal flooding.

Ice stormModerate
Coastal floodingElevated
EarthquakeElevated
HurricaneElevated
LandslideModerate

Low or minimal exposure: winter weather, inland flooding, lightning, strong wind, heat wave, cold wave, tornado, wildfire, hail, drought.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Nassau County records 0.7 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, lower than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 2.0 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 8.0 per 100,000 residents in Nassau County.

Homicide
0.7
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
2.0
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
8.0
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
6.1
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Nassau County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city center and a quiet suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 11549 rather than 11549 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Some things people look for are not on this page, and each is absent for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. Any cities listed on this page carry their own figure where their department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes
Taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Cost of living now is — the index above is the Bureau of Economic Analysis price parity for this area — but it is a price level for all consumption rather than a budget for a household, its spread is driven mostly by housing, and it excludes taxes. Housing affordability is computed separately from rent, price and income, because that answers a narrower and more actionable question. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house. School attendance zones, insurance pricing and the character of a neighborhood all vary within the places measured here.

Access

4 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest John F Kennedy Intl at 11 miles.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
John F Kennedy IntlJFK11 mi14,511 ft
Newark Liberty IntlEWR30 mi9,999 ft
New York Stewart IntlSWF60 mi11,817 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023Annually, each December
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
Demographics, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April 2025 to March 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026Annually, each October for the coming fiscal year
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar yearAnnually, once a calendar year is complete

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

11549 vs Uniondale

How this ZIP area compares with Uniondale as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

11549
Uniondale
Per capita income: Uniondale is the more favorable of the two.
Per capita income
$9,327
vs
$41,562
Population density
9,829/sq mi
vs
5,804/sq mi
Bachelor's degree or higher: 11549 is the more favorable of the two.
Bachelor's degree or higher
71.6%
vs
27.3%
Poverty rate: Uniondale is the more favorable of the two.
Poverty rate
20.0%
vs
9.2%
Median age
20.3
vs
37.1

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.