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Central Islip, NY

31,846 Population
7.1 square miles 4,479.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$26,270 ±$1,734 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $41,127 ±$186
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $37,470 ±$160
$68,573 ±$5,253 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $75,086 ±$342
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $65,323 ±$270

11.9% ±2.5% (3,764  ±822) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 13.4% 2,626,628 (±0.1% / ±21,226)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 14.6% 2,797,985 (±0.1% / ±24,302)

29.4 minutes ±1.4 (455,520  ±38,746) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 36.7 335,484,990 (±0.1 / ±1,076,815)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 33.3 295,138,830 (±0.1 / ±949,771)

Families

9,183 ±281 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,196,383 ±12,705
  • New York: 7,316,537 ±13,711
3.5 ±0.1 (31,652  ±1,484) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 19,578,894
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 2.6 19,043,605

5% ±1.9% (399  ±155) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.7% 228,150 (±0.1% / ±3,624)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.6% 221,385 (±0.1% / ±3,372)

Housing

10,168 ±186 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,945,874 ±1,445
  • New York: 8,287,087 ±779

$260,800 ±$7,109 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $426,100 ±$889
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $302,200 ±$965

7.5% ±2.2% (2,344  ±685.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.4% 1,853,806 (±0.1% / ±15,215.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 10.5% 2,042,093 (±0.1% / ±15,185.6)

Social

75.1% ±3% (15,442  ±877.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 86.3% 11,962,520 (±0.2% / ±26,480.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 86.5% 11,766,493 (±0.2% / ±24,951.4)
17.3% ±1.9% (3,563  ±406) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39.4% 5,462,854 (±0.1% / ±16,954)
  • about half the rate in New York: 35.9% 4,888,138 (±0.1% / ±16,092.9)

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

34.4% ±2.7% (10,961  ±1,011) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 28.8% 5,761,610 (±0.1% / ±20,062)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,439,893 (±0.1% / ±16,605)

3.3% ±0.7% (787  ±161) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.6% 563,935 (±0% / ±5,263)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.7% 730,557 (±0% / ±5,554)
787 Total veterans ±161 703 Male ±163 84 Female ±53

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