North Wantagh, New York

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Back to North Wantagh, NY housing info, Nassau County, New York, NY smaller cities, NY small cities, All Cities. We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for North Wantagh, NY Nassau County Population in July 2007: 12,310. Males: 5,876   (47.7%) Females: 6,434   (52.3%) Median resident age:   39.8 years New York median age:   35.9 years Zip codes: 11793. Estimated median household income in 2008: $92,930 (it was $70,252 in 2000) North Wantagh:   $92,930 New York:   $56,033 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $38,806 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $453,132 (it was $215,700 in 2000) North Wantagh:   $453,132 New York:   $318,900 Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $456,807; Detached houses: $461,213; Townhouses or other attached units: $413,533; In 2-unit structures: $505,929; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $323,445 North Wantagh, NY residents, houses, and apartments details Put your B&M business profile right here for free. 20,000 businesses already created their profiles! Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for:  near:   Races in North Wantagh: White Non-Hispanic (92.5%) Hispanic (4.6%) Two or more races (0.9%) Chinese (0.8%) Other race (0.8%) Dec. 2009 cost of living index in North Wantagh: 142.5 (very high, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about North Wantagh, New York on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. North Wantagh is mentioned 165 times on our forum: Wantagh/North Wantagh Then & Now  (20 replies) Long Island Pictures  (324 replies) How many long islanders were born here and how many originally came from NYC?  (34 replies) Imaginary Towns on Long Island /Real or Fancied/Town vs Area...You Decide.  (194 replies) Another NEWSDAY geographic goof, "Nassau cops: Robbery victim claimed he was NYPD officer"  (57 replies) This is the future of Hicksville folks  (137 replies) Ancestries: Italian (34.6%), Irish (27.9%), German (18.6%), Russian (6.7%), Polish (5.4%), English (4.7%). Current Local Time: EST time zone Land area: 1.84 square miles. Population density: 6675 people per square mile   (high).

Average climate in North Wantagh, New York

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North Wantagh-area historical tornado activity is above New York state average. It is 37% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/27/1970, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 0.3 miles away from the North Wantagh place center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 9/18/1973, a category 2 tornado 3.3 miles away from the place center .

North Wantagh-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below New York state average. It is 91% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/26/2003 at 18:24:18, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, 3.5 ML, Depth: 1.9 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 84.2 miles away from North Wantagh center
On 10/28/1991 at 20:58:26, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 26.0 miles away from the city center
On 1/9/1992 at 08:50:45, a magnitude 3.1 (3.0 LG, 3.1 MD, Depth: 4.9 mi) earthquake occurred 49.6 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML)

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Cemetery: Wantagh Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map Park in North Wantagh: Forest City Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.8 people
New York:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	78.6%
Whole state:	65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	2.2%
Whole state:	5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
• Gay men: 0.2% of all households

This place:	2.9%
Whole state:	14.6%

This place:	1.4%
Whole state:	7.4%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in North Wantagh, NY

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Here		76.0%
USA		50.2%

4.19% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($63,287 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.19%
New York average:	5.41%

0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($823 average AGI)

Nassau County:	0.08%
New York average:	0.24%

from Queens County, NY	1.50% ($62,164 average AGI)
from Suffolk County, NY	0.78% ($62,846)
from Kings County, NY	0.39% ($60,044)

5.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($64,495 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.58%
New York average:	6.26%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($334 average AGI)

Nassau County:	0.05%
New York average:	0.10%

to Suffolk County, NY	1.31% ($70,321 average AGI)
to Queens County, NY	0.78% ($46,822)
to New York County, NY	0.43% ($90,222)

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• #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
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• #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the best general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"