10 Wealthiest Neighborhoods in New York
5) Plandome, New York
Plandome is a North Hempstead neighborhood in Nassau County on Long Island with a residential median income of $95,102 per year. The name of the neighborhood was derived from the Latin phrase, “Planus Domus,” which translates to a “level home”— a trait that holds architectural significance throughout the area’s history. Plandome contains several landmarks on the National Register of Historic Places including the local Plandome Fire Department built in 1913, the 1810 Willets Farmhouse, and the Almeron and Olive Smith House constructed in 1907. There are currently over 1,272 people residing in Plandome, as told by the 2010 United States census, and approximately 82.5 percent of the households are lived in by married couples while 11.7% were not of traditional family structure. Popular figures including Bill O’Reilly, Erika Slezak, and tennis player Bobby Riggs are all from Plandome where residents take pride and care for the neighborhood’s still standing architectural history.
