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Smithtown, NY

24,940 Population
11.9 square miles 2,091 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$65,014 ±$4,829 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,510 ±$245
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$148,852 ±$13,751 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $97,334 ±$454
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

3.9% ±1.1% (940  ±260) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.4% 2,416,274 (±0.1% / ±24,918)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

32.9 minutes ±4.7 (354,310  ±30,948) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 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 the same as the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

8,244 ±446 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
2.9 ±0.2 (24,248  ±1,209) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,350,254
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

4.1% ±1.7% (198  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,816 (±0.1% / ±4,495)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

8,414 ±429 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

$661,400 ±$14,180 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $587,400 ±$1,207
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

4.4% ±1.5% (1,089  ±365) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.4% 1,837,795 (±0.1% / ±17,907.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

94.4% ±3.1% (16,813  ±1,114.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent 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)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
50.2% ±3.8% (8,936  ±857.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 43.5% 6,051,126 (±0.2% / ±21,441.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

8% ±1.7% (1,999  ±427) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 29.8% 5,892,182
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

5.2% ±1.2% (1,030  ±248) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.8% 432,659 (±0% / ±6,334)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
1,030 Total veterans ±248 955 Male ±237 75 Female ±69

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