Census Reporter

Hempstead, NY

55,300 Population
3.7 square miles 15,009 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±0.9 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

$24,447 ±$1,085 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $43,409 ±$187
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $39,326 ±$170
$62,569 ±$2,866 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $78,773 ±$390
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $68,486 ±$313

18.9% ±2.1% (10,296  ±1,161) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.8% 2,435,057 (±0.1% / ±20,831)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 14.1% 2,681,277 (±0.1% / ±20,295)

31.4 minutes ±0.9 (822,000  ±31,894) 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

15,877 ±470 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 (54,451  ±189) 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)

4.8% ±1.3% (683  ±189) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.7% 220,851 (±0.1% / ±3,694)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.7% 220,976 (±0.1% / ±3,437)

Housing

17,321 ±499 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

$321,200 ±$8,414 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $450,900 ±$823
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $313,700 ±$1,000

7.6% ±1.4% (4,119  ±776.3) 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 three-quarters of the rate in New York: 10.5% 2,028,506 (±0.1% / ±15,377.6)

Social

71.7% ±2.8% (25,113  ±1,138.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 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 80 percent of the rate in New York: 86.8% 11,835,343 (±0.2% / ±26,129)
18.3% ±1.4% (6,402  ±518.1) 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

40.6% ±1.9% (22,441  ±1,065) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.5% 5,684,190 (±0.1% / ±21,520)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,419,646 (±0.1% / ±18,614)

2.1% ±0.5% (834  ±205) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.4% 509,343 (±0% / ±4,689)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.6% 705,924 (±0% / ±5,126)
834 Total veterans ±205 687 Male ±185 147 Female ±72

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