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North Hempstead town, Nassau County, NY

235,780 Population
53.5 square miles 4,403.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Nassau County: 42.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$78,302 ±$4,655 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Nassau County: $60,980 ±$1,410
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$152,874 ±$12,974 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nassau County: $141,568 ±$3,593
  • nearly double the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

5.1% ±1.6% (11,898  ±3,591) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Nassau County: 5.4% † 73,957 (±0.7% / ±9,272)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

37.7 minutes ±1.4 (3,751,660  ±238,874) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Nassau County: 36.1 21,170,100 (±0.5 / ±465,991)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)

Families

84,228 ±3,088 Number of households
  • Nassau County: 458,162 ±2,540
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
2.8 ±0.1 (233,562  ±105) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nassau County: 3 1,361,619 (±0 / ±651)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246

5.1% ±2.1% (2,513  ±1,044) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 4.7% † 13,992 (±0.8% / ±2,279)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

86,801 ±3,270 Number of housing units
  • Nassau County: 479,796 ±239
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$840,400 ±$30,526 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Nassau County: $674,200 ±$5,959
  • about double the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

6.4% ±1.6% (14,993  ±3,655.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 5.9% † 80,767 (±0.6% / ±8,336.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

92.2% ±3.2% (159,200  ±6,768.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nassau County: 92.7% 902,029 (±1.7% / ±16,405.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
57.6% ±2.7% (99,436  ±5,265.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 48.9% 475,208 (±1.2% / ±11,376)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

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

30.4% ±2.3% (71,621  ±5,473) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nassau County: 23% 317,756
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996

2.5% ±0.7% (4,750  ±1,230) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nassau County: 2.9% 31,582 (±0.3% / ±3,045)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
4,750 Total veterans ±1,230 4,195 Male ±1,172 555 Female ±460

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