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Bethpage, NY

17,123 Population
3.6 square miles 4,788.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$54,179 ±$3,428 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,691 ±$257
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$122,257 ±$21,770 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,155 ±$487
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

5.6% ±2.7% (955  ±464) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.7% 2,467,089 (±0.1% / ±26,454)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

32.8 minutes ±5.3 (202,510  ±22,153) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 35.6 281,580,540 (±0.1 / ±916,581)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

5,948 ±447 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,409,947 ±10,406
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.9 ±0.1 (17,061  ±1,377) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,385,342
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

4.6% ±2.6% (163  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,244 (±0.1% / ±4,356)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

6,025 ±457 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,038,666 ±1,324
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$605,900 ±$18,099 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $614,200 ±$1,348
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

5.7% ±1.7% (967  ±305.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.2% 1,801,060 (±0.1% / ±19,484.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

93.6% ±11.2% (11,562  ±955.4) 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% 12,241,344 (±0.2% / ±31,374.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
43.4% ±3.2% (5,358  ±607.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.2% 6,168,034 (±0.2% / ±20,817.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)

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

16.5% ±1.9% (2,828  ±403) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.1% 5,952,555
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

3.4% ±1% (466  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6% 411,464 (±0% / ±5,611)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
466 Total veterans ±145 466 Male ±145 N/A Female ±21

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