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Hempstead, NY

58,801 Population
3.7 square miles 15,932.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$34,304 ±$2,775 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,691 ±$257
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$90,420 ±$12,760 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,155 ±$487
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

14.4% ±2.6% (8,323  ±1,483) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.7% 2,467,089 (±0.1% / ±26,454)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

33.3 minutes ±1.6 (852,975  ±59,160) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than 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

17,108 ±649 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
3.4 ±0.1 (57,711  ±55) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,385,342
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

4.6% ±1.7% (656  ±242) 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

18,747 ±632 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

$459,500 ±$13,873 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $614,200 ±$1,348
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

6.9% ±1.7% (4,003  ±980.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters 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 two-thirds of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

75.5% ±2.8% (30,293  ±1,417.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,241,344 (±0.2% / ±31,374.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
21.5% ±1.9% (8,615  ±795.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.2% 6,168,034 (±0.2% / ±20,817.9)
  • about half 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

38.6% ±2.9% (22,722  ±1,690) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.1% 5,952,555
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

1.9% ±0.5% (872  ±218) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6% 411,464 (±0% / ±5,611)
  • about half the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
872 Total veterans ±218 830 Male ±219 42 Female ±54

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