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Central Islip, NY

31,205 Population
7.1 square miles 4,389.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$28,501 ±$1,894 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $43,409 ±$187
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $39,326 ±$170
$74,458 ±$6,916 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $78,773 ±$390
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $68,486 ±$313

9.1% ±1.8% (2,814  ±569) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.8% 2,435,057 (±0.1% / ±20,831)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 14.1% 2,681,277 (±0.1% / ±20,295)

29.9 minutes ±1.8 (463,855  ±42,808) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 37.2 331,098,380 (±0.1 / ±1,030,288)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 33.6 299,066,245 (±0.1 / ±921,330)

Families

9,145 ±299 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 6,997,001 ±13,462
  • New York: 7,343,234 ±14,943
3.4 ±0.1 (31,014  ±1,594) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 18,911,705 (±0 / ±3,046)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 2.6 19,000,028 (±0)

4% ±1.7% (321  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.7% 220,851 (±0.1% / ±3,694)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.7% 220,976 (±0.1% / ±3,437)

Housing

10,104 ±213 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,717,242 ±1,436
  • New York: 8,322,722 ±916

$275,800 ±$7,472 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: $450,900 ±$823
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $313,700 ±$1,000

7.5% ±1.7% (2,313  ±547.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.4% 1,791,022 (±0.1% / ±15,198.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 10.5% 2,028,506 (±0.1% / ±15,377.6)

Social

75.5% ±2.2% (15,176  ±860.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 86.5% 11,639,867 (±0.2% / ±26,504.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 86.8% 11,835,343 (±0.2% / ±26,129)
18% ±1.7% (3,622  ±376.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 40.4% 5,430,506 (±0.1% / ±16,568.8)
  • about half the rate in New York: 36.6% 4,985,807 (±0.1% / ±16,008.2)

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

34.9% ±2.6% (10,903  ±981) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.5% 5,684,190 (±0.1% / ±21,520)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,419,646 (±0.1% / ±18,614)

3.4% ±0.8% (802  ±202) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.4% 509,343 (±0% / ±4,689)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 4.6% 705,924 (±0% / ±5,126)
802 Total veterans ±202 723 Male ±196 79 Female ±58

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