Gold Coast Long Island towns ranked best in US for raising a family: report

It’s a large people for the northbound shore.

Nearly a twelve affluent Nassau County enclaves connected the Gold Coast, oregon conscionable a fewer miles south, made a recently released database of the champion places successful the US to rise a family.

Kensington, a vicinity connected Manhasset Bay adjacent the Queens border, placed 2nd successful the federation retired of 18,084 towns successful Niche’s 2025 rankings.

The tiny but elite conception of Great Neck — it has a colonisation nether 1,500 — trailed lone the Philadelphia suburb of Chesterbrook and earned apical marks for its wide information and high-performing nationalist schools.

Homes successful the saccharine Long Island suburb bid apical dollar with a median worth of $1.4 million. The area’s earning powerfulness is besides awesome — it has a median household income of $217,679 — and 41% of residents person a master’s grade oregon higher, according to the outlet.

Syosset was adjacent locally landing No. 11 connected the list, followed by neighboring Jericho astatine 21, East Williston astatine 30, and Manhasset — the high-end location to the “Miracle Mile” Americana buying territory — astatine 39.

A fistful of elite Nassau locales besides rounded retired the bottommost fractional of the apical 100. The scenic, farm- and garden-filled Muttontown landed astatine No. 51 portion Plainview came successful astatine 68, Roslyn Heights 73, Garden City 75, Lake Success 94 and Searingtown 99.

The posh Dix Hills — the lone Suffolk County suburb to marque the chopped — which was precocious rocked by the chilling execution of a constabulary detective, earned a ranking of 135.

Extremely affluent Upper Brookville, conscionable a stone’s propulsion from Muttontown, shockingly finished 1,575.

The southbound enactment was snubbed arsenic its fashionable communities didn’t scratch the apical 100. Ritzy Merrick was lone 512, and Wantagh — the “gateway to Jones Beach” and Long Island’s beauteous Atlantic Ocean — scored 982.

Perhaps recent Rex Heuermann notoriety catapulted Massapequa — wherever President Trump patronized staple burger associated “All American” — down to a measly 3,087 ranking, portion adjacent Farmingdale came successful 2,407.

Outside of Long Island, Westchester’s Scarsdale and Ardsley finished 13 and 14, respectively.