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Hempstead town, Nassau County, NY

792,369 Population
118.5 square miles 6,685.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Nassau County: 42.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$56,366 ±$1,879 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nassau County: $64,435 ±$1,442
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
$137,709 ±$5,171 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Nassau County: $143,144 ±$3,935
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653

6.2% ±1% (48,131  ±7,610) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 5.6% † 76,773 (±0.7% / ±9,019)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)

38.6 minutes ±0.9 (13,661,860  ±460,627) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Nassau County: 37.8 22,926,936 (±0.8 / ±620,181)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)

Families

251,237 ±4,253 Number of households
  • Nassau County: 460,169 ±3,303
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
3.1 ±0.1 (779,983  ±486) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Nassau County: 3 1,369,765 (±0 / ±912)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964

3.7% ±0.8% (6,690  ±1,426) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nassau County: 4.5% † 13,683 (±0.6% / ±1,799)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)

Housing

264,008 ±4,267 Number of housing units
  • Nassau County: 480,668 ±318
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743

$658,300 ±$8,158 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nassau County: $704,400 ±$7,791
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718

4.8% ±0.7% (37,911  ±5,691.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nassau County: 5.3% † 73,156 (±0.6% / ±7,693)
  • about half the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)

Social

90.7% ±2.2% (499,783  ±12,651.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nassau County: 91.9% 901,613 (±1.6% / ±15,688.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
46% ±1.6% (253,500  ±8,982) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nassau County: 51.5% 505,953 (±1.1% / ±11,147.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)

34.3% ±1.7% (257,967  ±12,909.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little higher than the rate in Nassau County: 32.6% 429,936 (±1% / ±13,333)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 31.7% 5,958,250 (±0.3% / ±47,909.1)

26.6% ±1.3% (211,072  ±10,377) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 24.9% 346,767
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382

2.7% ±0.3% (16,757  ±2,124) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Nassau County: 2.8% † 31,002 (±0.3% / ±3,418)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
16,757 Total veterans ±2,124 15,293 Male ±1,981 1,464 Female ±779

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