Hewlett, New York.
Typical home $950,096 (+4.3% in a year). New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,544 (+104%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $39,097 +4%
- $910,999$950,096 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $183,741 +24%
- $766,355$950,096 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Hewlett$4,987
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in Hewlett, NY rose 4.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Hewlett, Nassau County, New York
Hewlett, in Nassau County, had 7,262 people in the 2020 census. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. Unemployment in Nassau County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Hewlett is a community in Nassau County, on Long Island, where most homes are lived in by their owners and typical home values run high. Residents are somewhat older than in many places, and most adults hold a four-year degree. Incomes here are well below the county's, and a modest share of residents live below the poverty line.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in shops, and in banks, insurance and property. Among the largest workplaces in Hewlett are Trader Joe's, King Kullen and Qsac. The typical commute is long, which fits a town where many people travel toward the city for work.
Things to do. New York City's best-known sights are a longer drive away. They include the Statue of Liberty, a tourist attraction, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a museum. Central Park, a garden, is also a longer drive away, and each makes a full day out. Winters are cold and snowy, with highs near freezing in January, and summers turn warm in July, so the seasons shape when a trip is most pleasant.
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- 2,428households
- 65%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 42 mintypical commute
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Nassau County had 636,274 jobs in 2025, 0.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 69°. About 26 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the New York Jfk International Airport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Hewlett
- Trader Joe's 0554 HewlettGrocery store124
- Qsac53
- King KullenSupermarkets43
- WoodmereMail and parcel delivery26
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 246 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hewlett’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Nassau County and the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
Hewlett home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Hewlett$950,096
- New York$524,942
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Hewlett listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Hewlett19.24%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hewlett38
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hewlett5
Zip codes with a Hewlett address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hewlett — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.