Living in Roslyn, NY: Income, Home Values, Schools, Taxes and LIRR

Roslyn sits on Hempstead Harbor and was once an active mercantile port; European colonists first settled the area in 1643. This page lays out the numbers a buyer or renter needs first: income, home values and rents, tax due dates, the school district, the train and the water. It belongs to the North Shore towns and borders Roslyn Heights, Roslyn Harbor and Greenvale.

Is Roslyn wealthy? Income, home values and rents

Roslyn village’s median household income is $116,386 in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, with a margin of error of $61,048. Median family income is $171,563 for the same survey years. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $597,600, with a margin of error of $275,152. Read each of these numbers as a range.

The village is mostly owner-occupied. Of 1,395 occupied housing units, 881 are owned and 514 are rented. Median gross rent is $2,223 a month, with a margin of error of $469. The median home was built in 1955. ACS 2020–2024 5-year counts 2,978 residents, and the 2020 census counted 2,988.

Property taxes, due dates and STAR

Roslyn’s village property taxes are due every year on June 1 and can be paid without penalty through July 1. After July 1, 5% interest or penalty is added, then 1% every month. That is the village portion only. Check the village tax page for the current bill, and see Nassau County property taxes for how the pieces fit together.

New owners register for the STAR credit with the NYS Tax Department as soon as the home becomes their primary residence, and the Basic or Enhanced credit follows from what they qualify for. The STAR exemption is closed to new applicants: owners who have received it since 2015 keep it on the same primary residence. The home must be the primary residence of an eligible owner. The Basic STAR credit has a $500,000 income limit, and the benefit is based on the first $30,000 of a home’s full value. Enhanced STAR gives owners 65 and older a larger benefit, with an income limit of $110,750 for the 2026-2027 school year.

Schools: Roslyn Union Free School District

The Village of Roslyn is served entirely by the Roslyn Union Free School District. The district reports 3,329 K-12 public school students for 2024-25. Its four-year high school graduation rate is 98% on the NYSED profile. The same profile lists a 93% attendance rate and a 1% suspension rate.

Spending per pupil is $34,637 on the state’s financial transparency report. The district reports 95 English Language Learner students. Open the NYSED report card for the current year’s figures before you compare districts, and read the North Shore school districts guide for the wider picture.

Commuting from Roslyn by LIRR

The Long Island Rail Road reached Roslyn in 1865, with the completion of the Oyster Bay Branch. The Roslyn station is the nearest station to the village, and it now sits completely within Roslyn Heights. The branch splits from the Main Line just east of Mineola and runs north and east to Oyster Bay.

West of Mineola, most trains originate or terminate at Jamaica. Once on the branch, all trains run local except for one westbound rush-hour skip-stop service. The MTA’s printed Oyster Bay Branch timetable sends riders to the TrainTime app or a City Terminal Zone timetable to see all transfer options. Use TrainTime for current schedules, and see the LIRR Oyster Bay Branch guide for service patterns.

Water, sewers and the harbor

Roslyn is served by the Roslyn Water District, whose boundaries contain the village. The village has a sanitary sewer system. The lowest point in the village is Hempstead Harbor, at sea level.

The majority of Roslyn lies in the Hempstead Harbor watershed, so water in those areas drains north to the harbor and ultimately into Long Island Sound.

Utilities, buses and getting around

PSEG Long Island provides power to all properties and electrical infrastructure in the village, on behalf of the Long Island Power Authority. National Grid provides natural gas to properties connected to gas lines. Sewage from the village’s sewer system is treated at the Nassau County Sewage District’s Cedar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Five Nassau Inter-County Express bus routes serve Roslyn: the n20H, n20X, n21, n23 and the Port Washington Shuttle. The village covers about 0.657 square miles, and its highest point, near Piper Court, is about 253 feet above sea level.

Village government and services

Roslyn is a village in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County. On October 16, 1931, residents filed a petition with the town to incorporate, and the village incorporated on January 11, 1932. At the town level it sits in North Hempstead’s 6th council district. As of July 2026, the mayor is John Durkin and the deputy mayor is Marshall E. Bernstein.

Village Hall is at 1200 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn, NY 11576, and it is open Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The village moved into its current Village Hall in 1995.

Gerry Park opened in 1931; the Town of North Hempstead built it over a former swamp. The Ellen E. Ward Memorial Clock Tower was completed in 1895, and the Town sold it to the village for $1 in 1995. The Bryant Library sits inside the village.