| Woodsburgh, New York | |
| Official Name: | Incorporated Village of Woodsburgh |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | New York |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of New York |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Lee A. Israel |
| Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Jacob Harman |
| Established Title: | Incorporated |
| Established Date: | 1912 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.99 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.88 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.11 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.38 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.34 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.04 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 897 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1023.29 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 2653.85 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 2 |
| Elevation Ft: | 7 |
| Coordinates: | 40.6222°N -73.7072°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 11598 |
| Area Code: | 516 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 36-82986[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0971715[3] |
| Subdivision Type3: | Town |
| Subdivision Name3: | Hempstead |
1Woodsburgh is a village in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 778 at the 2010 United States Census.
Woodsburgh is included in the Five Towns (though not as one of the "five"), which is usually said to comprise the villages of Lawrence and Cedarhurst, the hamlets of Woodmere and Inwood, and the Hewletts (the villages of Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor, and Hewlett Neck, and the hamlet of Hewlett), along with Woodsburgh.[4]
Woodsburgh incorporated as a village in 1912.[5] [6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.4sqmi, of which 0.4sqmi is land and 0.04sqmi (7.69%) is water.
The village is located between Hewlett and Woodmere and borders the Atlantic Ocean to the south.[7]
As of 2020, the population of Woodsburgh was at 897 people with a median age of 50.9 years.[8] In 2024, this population drops to 872 people with the male population being it 429 while the female population was 458.[9] The median age was recorded to be at 50.9.[10]
At the 2000 census, there were 831 people, 257 households and 224 families residing in the village. The population density was 2286.7sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 268 housing units at an average density of 737.5sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the village was 98.44% White, 0.36% African American, 0.72% Asian, 0.36% from other races, and 0.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.17% of the population.
There were 257 households, of which 45.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 83.7% were married couples living together, 2.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.8% were non-families. 12.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.23 and the average family size was 3.50.
33.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 20.1% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males.
The median household income was $185,296 and the median family income was $189,227. Males had a median income of $100,000 compared with $60,833 for females. The per capita income for the village was $76,443. None of the families and 0.4% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.
The Incorporated Village of Woodsburgh is located within the boundaries of (and is thus served by) the Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District and the Lawrence Union Free School District; geographically, the total area covered by each district within the village is roughly even.[11] [12] As such, children who reside within Woodsburgh and attend public schools go to school in one of these two districts, depending on where they reside within the village.
Woodsburgh is located within the boundaries of (and is thus served by) the Peninsula Library District and the Hewlett-Woodmere Library District. These two districts serve the areas of the village located within the Lawrence Union Free School District and the Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District, respectively; the boundaries of these two districts roughly correspond with those of the two school districts within Woodsburgh.