Searingtown, NY, is a small insulated community in Nassau County on the west end of Long Island. There are four defined counties with a preponderance of hamlets making up Long Island. Searingtown is one of these hamlets with a population consisting largely of young families. Most of the 4,857 people living in Searingtown, NY, are upper middle class with a household income upwards of $125,000.

Political Demographics

Searingtown is an unincorporated community in Nassau County on Long Island. It is a Census Designated Place (CDP). Its boundary lines abut Albertson and are very poorly defined. Generally, Searingtown is the area west of Searingtown Road and Albertson occupies an area east of Willis Avenue.

Because Searington and Albertson overlap one another, neither community can establish its own unique government structure. As an example of this situation, the K-5 Searington Elementary School has a clear physical presence in Albertson. The two hamlets share a single post office - as well as land in south Roslyn.

Searington Government

Taxes on the residents in Searington are much higher than other places in the state of New York. This is a possible result of their commitment to education with the belief that if you expect higher standards of performance, the children will respond. Searingtown partakes of services that the Herricks Union Free School District offers. Nassau County makes an allotment of $12,004 per student (twice the national average) and mandates classroom ratios at 14 students per teacher.

There are only four officials in Searingtown, NY: County Executive, County Clerk and 2 Election Commissioners ... one Democrat and one Republican. The majority of residents in Searington vote along Democratic party lines. The County Executive oversees most of the hamlet's governmental obligations or decisions, especially taxation, education and the financial health of Searingtown.