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Hempstead town, Nassau County, NY

785,683 Population
118.5 square miles 6,629.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Nassau County: 42.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$53,381 ±$1,573 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nassau County: $60,980 ±$1,410
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$134,979 ±$6,839 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Nassau County: $141,568 ±$3,593
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

5.9% ±0.9% (45,688  ±6,765) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 5.4% † 73,957 (±0.7% / ±9,272)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

36.1 minutes ±0.6 (12,001,225  ±360,183) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Nassau County: 36.1 21,170,100 (±0.5 / ±465,991)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)

Families

248,434 ±4,333 Number of households
  • Nassau County: 458,162 ±2,540
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
3.1 ±0.1 (774,678  ±512) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Nassau County: 3 1,361,619 (±0 / ±651)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246

4.4% ±1% (7,657  ±1,691) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Nassau County: 4.7% † 13,992 (±0.8% / ±2,279)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

261,386 ±4,491 Number of housing units
  • Nassau County: 479,796 ±239
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$639,700 ±$7,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Nassau County: $674,200 ±$5,959
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

4.9% ±0.7% (37,904  ±5,781.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nassau County: 5.9% † 80,767 (±0.6% / ±8,336.3)
  • about half the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

92.3% ±2.3% (501,462  ±13,403.7) 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)
44% ±1.6% (239,062  ±9,020.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nassau County: 48.9% 475,208 (±1.2% / ±11,376)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

31.2% ±1.7% (231,289  ±12,396) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about the same as the rate in Nassau County: 31.5% 412,594 (±0.9% / ±12,291.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 31% 5,738,521 (±0.3% / ±53,509.4)

23.2% ±1.1% (182,298  ±8,446) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Nassau County: 23% 317,756
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996

3% ±0.4% (18,279  ±2,385) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Nassau County: 2.9% 31,582 (±0.3% / ±3,045)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
18,279 Total veterans ±2,385 17,065 Male ±2,352 1,214 Female ±553

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