Home values, rents and more in West Hempstead, NY
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How West Hempstead compares
The typical home in West Hempstead, NY is worth about $797,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in West Hempstead are 9% above the typical value in the New York metro area ($731,000) and 2.2 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in West Hempstead rose 5.9%, compared with +4.9% in the New York metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $3,859 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 9% above the New York metro area ($3,546) and 2.0 times the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $164,127, against $99,155 in the New York metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 20,648 people live in West Hempstead (American Community Survey 2020–24).
West Hempstead has the 239th-highest typical home value of the 558 cities in the New York metro area and the 134th-highest of 728 in New York with Zillow figures.
Part of: Nassau County, NY · New York metro area · New York
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.