Inwood is located at. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of, of which, of it is land and of it is water. Inwood also has a park located on a bay with a launching pad into Mott's Basin. The park is called Inwood Park.
History
Inwood was first settled c. 1817 and was originally called North West Point, named after its geographic position in relation to the more central part of Far Rockaway, of which it was then a part. Its original settlers were Jamaica Bayfishermen, generally lawless and troublesome to other Rockaway residents. Soon after the American Civil War, the area became known as Westville. The first true road in the area, the Inwood end of Lord Avenue, was built when the neighboring village of Lawrence was developed. When the first post office in the village was established on February 25, 1889, the name of the village was changed to Inwood; a post office named Westville already existed in New York State. By the time of World War I, a large part of Inwood's population was of Italian and Albanian extraction. Inwood is home to the famous Inwood Country Club which was the site of the 1921 PGA Championship as well as the 1923 U.S. Open. Inwood was the birthplace of Nassau County's first County Executive, J. Russell Sprague as well as Olympian Ray Barbuti.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,325 people, 3,041 households, and 2,253 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 5,488.4 per square mile. There were 3,132 housing units at an average density of 1,843.4/sq mi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 53.25% White, 25.87% African American, 0.42% Native American, 2.04% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 13.01% from other races, and 5.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 26.32% of the population. There were 3,041 households, out of which 37.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were married couplesliving together, 21.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.9% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.06 and the average family size was 3.55. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 27.8% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median agewas 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $41,334, and the median income for a family was $48,345. Males had a median income of $36,788 versus $28,482 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $16,009. About 12.4% of families and 14.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.4% of those under age 18 and 13.7% of those age 65 or over.
