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Hempstead, NY

58,569 Population
3.7 square miles 15,869.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,415 ±$2,384 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,510 ±$245
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$82,454 ±$11,937 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $97,334 ±$454
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

14.8% ±2.9% (8,541  ±1,642) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.4% 2,416,274 (±0.1% / ±24,918)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

32.7 minutes ±1.9 (825,680  ±62,066) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36 290,532,500 (±0.1 / ±1,085,869)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

17,304 ±665 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,362,500 ±10,268
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
3.3 ±0.1 (57,599  ±42) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,350,254
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

4% ±1.4% (590  ±217) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,816 (±0.1% / ±4,495)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

18,836 ±653 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,991,914 ±1,323
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$442,100 ±$11,414 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $587,400 ±$1,207
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

8.5% ±2% (4,933  ±1,141.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.4% 1,837,795 (±0.1% / ±17,907.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

76.4% ±3.2% (30,011  ±1,509.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,182,060 (±0.2% / ±31,146.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
20.5% ±1.8% (8,035  ±747.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 43.5% 6,051,126 (±0.2% / ±21,441.6)
  • about half the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

37.6% ±2.5% (21,995  ±1,485) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 29.8% 5,892,182
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

1.7% ±0.4% (780  ±194) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.8% 432,659 (±0% / ±6,334)
  • about half the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
780 Total veterans ±194 739 Male ±186 41 Female ±47

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