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A sign on Hempstead Avenue in West Hempstead. (5 photos)
Poplar Street in West Hempstead. (5 photos)
A house on Fairlawn Avenue in West Hempstead. (5 photos)
A shopping center on Hempstead Turnpike in West Hempstead. (5 photos)
A shopping center on Hempstead Turnpike in West Hempstead. (5 photos)
West Hempstead
Population
18,482
Change from 1990
4%
Population density
6,952 per square mile
Median household income
$87,889
Median age
39 years
Married with children
42% of households
Median age of dwellings
51 years
Owner-occupied
86% of homes
LIRR travel time to NYC
47-53 minutes
Crime risk
35 (100 = national average)
Homes for Sale
Recent sales
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Home Prices
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Buyers Guide
High-end
Price: $550,00-$750,000
Specs: 4+ BR, 2.5+ BA
Colonials, Tudors, splits
Trade-up
Price: $450,000-$550,000
Specs: 4 BR, 2 BA; Many with fireplaces
Exp. capes, Colonials, Tudors
Starter
Price: $375,000-$450,000
Specs: 3 BR, 1-2 BA
Ranches and capes
Source: Kathleen Evangelista, Prudential Douglas Elliman
Community Profile
How to describe West Hempstead? For Rosalie Norton, president of the hamlet's civic association and a resident for almost 40 years, three words come to mind: stability, continuity and concern.
Service groups include the Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary clubs, senior-citizen organizations, youth programs and religious institutions. Recreational areas include 775-acre Hempstead Lake State Park.
Trammell Crow Residential Developers, in contract with the owners of the blighted Courtesy Hotel, are proposing 220 upscale rental apartments, which will require a zoning change. Other community projects include the construction of a new library and a beautification program along Hempstead Turnpike.
Neighborhoods feature capes, ranches, high-ranches, split-levels, Colonials and Tudors, priced from $379,000 to $815,000, says Frank Evangelista of RE/MAX West in West Hempstead.
-Lisa Doll Bruno (10/6/2006)
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