Woodmere, New York

Woodmere, New York
Woodmere, New York
Hamlet and census-designated place
	The Long Island Rail Road station in Woodmere.
	Location in Nassau County and the state of New York
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	Coordinates: 40°38′10″N 73°43′10″W / 40.63611°N 73.71944°W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Nassau County, New York
Town	Hempstead
Area
• Total	2.8 sq mi (7.3 km2)
• Land	2.6 sq mi (6.7 km2)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2)
Elevation	23 ft (7 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	18,669
• Density	7,233/sq mi (2,793/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	11598
Area code	516
FIPS code	36-82942
GNIS feature ID	0971684

Woodmere is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 18,669 at the 2020 census.^[1]

Woodmere is one of the Long Island communities known as the Five Towns, which is usually said to comprise the villages of Lawrence and Cedarhurst, the hamlets of Woodmere and Inwood, and "The Hewletts", which consist of the villages of Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor, Hewlett Neck, and Woodsburgh, along with the unincorporated hamlet of Hewlett.^[4]

^ ^a ^b "QuickFacts: Woodmere CDP, New York". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Barron, James. "If You're Thinking Of Living In: Five Towns", The New York Times, July 10, 1983. Accessed July 7, 2019. "The basic five are Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett and Inwood. But the area also includes some unincorporated communities and two tiny villages, Hewlett Bay Park and Woodsburgh, that are not added to the final total."