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Hempstead town, Nassau County, NY

787,247 Population
118.5 square miles 6,642.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Nassau County: 41.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$52,360 ±$1,515 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nassau County: $60,206 ±$1,256
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $47,421 ±$340
$132,088 ±$5,081 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Nassau County: $136,984 ±$4,184
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $79,557 ±$722

5.6% ±0.8% (43,851  ±6,409) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 5.3% † 72,016 (±0.6% / ±7,900)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 14.3% 2,734,819 (±0.3% / ±62,913)

37.9 minutes ±1.2 (12,940,005  ±507,266) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Nassau County: 37.2 22,120,310 (±0.7 / ±550,909)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33 265,264,500 (±0.1 / ±1,772,432)

Families

246,297 ±3,843 Number of households
  • Nassau County: 456,149 ±2,917
  • New York: 7,774,308 ±19,481
3.2 ±0.1 (776,942  ±345) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Nassau County: 3 1,363,737 (±0 / ±487)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 2.5 19,062,964

4.5% ±0.9% (7,944  ±1,663) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Nassau County: 4.6% † 13,949 (±0.7% / ±2,225)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 5.1% 232,961 (±0.2% / ±8,582)

Housing

257,930 ±3,741 Number of housing units
  • Nassau County: 479,243 ±201
  • New York: 8,585,784 ±494

$616,800 ±$6,090 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Nassau County: $654,600 ±$5,425
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $400,400 ±$3,138

7.9% ±1% (61,250  ±7,380.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Nassau County: 8% 109,181 (±0.6% / ±8,828.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,027,524 (±0.2% / ±37,462)

Social

89.5% ±2.1% (490,533  ±12,105.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nassau County: 91.3% 888,165 (±1.6% / ±15,745.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,211,028 (±0.4% / ±59,699)
43.1% ±1.4% (235,876  ±8,126.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nassau County: 49.3% 479,188 (±1.2% / ±11,296.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40% 5,556,561 (±0.3% / ±40,658.4)

30.3% ±1.4% (226,318  ±10,627.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about the same as the rate in Nassau County: 30.3% 397,544 (±0.8% / ±10,511)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 30.7% 5,712,754 (±0.3% / ±46,340.4)

23.8% ±1% (186,948  ±7,973) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Nassau County: 23.4% 323,718
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 22.7% 4,459,752

3.2% ±0.4% (19,704  ±2,558) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 3% 32,206 (±0.3% / ±2,670)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 3.7% 580,856 (±0.1% / ±12,582)
19,704 Total veterans ±2,558 18,468 Male ±2,389 1,236 Female ±781

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