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Lake Ronkonkoma, NY

18,289 Population
4.5 square miles 4,031.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$47,691 ±$3,255 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,510 ±$245
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$102,608 ±$9,040 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $97,334 ±$454
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

8.5% ±2.2% (1,556  ±419) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.4% 2,416,274 (±0.1% / ±24,918)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

29.3 minutes ±0.6 (230,775  ±24,871) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36 290,532,500 (±0.1 / ±1,085,869)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

6,595 ±582 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,362,500 ±10,268
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.7 ±0.3 (17,916  ±1,282) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,350,254
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

4.9% ±1.9% (202  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,816 (±0.1% / ±4,495)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

7,062 ±586 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,991,914 ±1,323
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$484,700 ±$12,489 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $587,400 ±$1,207
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

7.5% ±2.1% (1,352  ±382.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.4% 1,837,795 (±0.1% / ±17,907.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

92.9% ±2% (12,457  ±890.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,182,060 (±0.2% / ±31,146.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
31.9% ±2.6% (4,275  ±457.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 43.5% 6,051,126 (±0.2% / ±21,441.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

12.4% ±2.3% (2,264  ±448) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 29.8% 5,892,182
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

4.4% ±1.2% (641  ±176) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.8% 432,659 (±0% / ±6,334)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
641 Total veterans ±176 605 Male ±168 36 Female ±33

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