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North Hempstead town, Nassau County, NY

237,680 Population
53.5 square miles 4,439 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Nassau County: 42.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$81,042 ±$4,628 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Nassau County: $64,435 ±$1,442
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
$166,670 ±$11,344 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Nassau County: $143,144 ±$3,935
  • nearly double the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653

5.4% ±1.2% (12,788  ±2,854) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less 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)

36.4 minutes ±1.4 (3,556,830  ±198,659) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Nassau County: 37.8 22,926,936 (±0.8 / ±620,181)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)

Families

79,965 ±2,337 Number of households
  • Nassau County: 460,169 ±3,303
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
2.9 ±0.1 (235,160  ±126) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Nassau County: 3 1,369,765 (±0 / ±912)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964

4.3% ±1.6% (2,156  ±812) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Nassau County: 4.5% † 13,683 (±0.6% / ±1,799)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)

Housing

83,977 ±2,663 Number of housing units
  • Nassau County: 480,668 ±318
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743

$900,300 ±$32,074 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Nassau County: $704,400 ±$7,791
  • about double the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718

4.8% ±0.9% (11,315  ±2,187.3) 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

93.3% ±3.3% (155,514  ±6,271.6) 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)
62.5% ±2.7% (104,130  ±4,971) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 51.5% 505,953 (±1.1% / ±11,147.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

28.3% ±2.2% (67,218  ±5,151) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 24.9% 346,767
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382

3.2% ±0.8% (5,777  ±1,411) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 2.8% † 31,002 (±0.3% / ±3,418)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
5,777 Total veterans ±1,411 5,021 Male ±1,272 756 Female ±485

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