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Babylon town, Suffolk County, NY

217,666 Population
52.3 square miles 4,163.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Suffolk County: 41.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$44,197 ±$3,482 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $53,317 ±$1,223
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $47,421 ±$340
$111,187 ±$8,712 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $119,838 ±$2,690
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $79,557 ±$722

6.7% ±1.6% (14,277  ±3,516) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Suffolk County: 6.5% † 97,459 (±0.7% / ±10,154)
  • about half the rate in New York: 14.3% 2,734,819 (±0.3% / ±62,913)

30.5 minutes ±1.9 (3,257,980  ±240,894) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Suffolk County: 31.4 21,415,956 (±0.6 / ±524,750)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 33 265,264,500 (±0.1 / ±1,772,432)

Families

66,208 ±2,953 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 511,964 ±4,338
  • New York: 7,774,308 ±19,481
3.3 ±0.2 (215,929  ±73) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 2.9 1,497,037 (±0 / ±615)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 2.5 19,062,964

6.6% ±1.7% (3,217  ±841) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 5.3% † 17,722 (±0.7% / ±2,405)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 5.1% 232,961 (±0.2% / ±8,582)

Housing

69,013 ±2,857 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 580,661 ±221
  • New York: 8,585,784 ±494

$491,200 ±$12,592 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $545,700 ±$7,811
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $400,400 ±$3,138

9.2% ±2% (19,700  ±4,189.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 8% 120,542 (±0.7% / ±9,954.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,027,524 (±0.2% / ±37,462)

Social

91.5% ±3.9% (137,137  ±6,674) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Suffolk County: 90.7% 975,606 (±1.5% / ±15,869.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,211,028 (±0.4% / ±59,699)
33.5% ±2.4% (50,285  ±3,738) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 40.3% 433,353 (±0.9% / ±9,980.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 40% 5,556,561 (±0.3% / ±40,658.4)

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

20.9% ±2.5% (45,410  ±5,522) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 17.1% 261,079
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 22.7% 4,459,752

3.7% ±0.7% (6,236  ±1,216) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 4.1% 49,670 (±0.3% / ±3,655)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 3.7% 580,856 (±0.1% / ±12,582)
6,236 Total veterans ±1,216 6,148 Male ±1,213 88 Female ±108

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