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Hempstead, NY

55,399 Population
3.7 square miles 15,035.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.7 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

$24,022 ±$1,135 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths 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
$62,347 ±$3,906 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $75,086 ±$342
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $65,323 ±$270

19.3% ±2.1% (10,486  ±1,121) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 13.4% 2,626,628 (±0.1% / ±21,226)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 14.6% 2,797,985 (±0.1% / ±24,302)

31.9 minutes ±0.7 (842,590  ±29,491) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 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)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 33.3 295,138,830 (±0.1 / ±949,771)

Families

15,703 ±503 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 (54,534  ±194) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times 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

4.9% ±1.3% (715  ±192) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.7% 228,150 (±0.1% / ±3,624)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 4.6% 221,385 (±0.1% / ±3,372)

Housing

17,132 ±527 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

$311,700 ±$8,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $426,100 ±$889
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $302,200 ±$965

7.9% ±1.4% (4,305  ±734.2) 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 three-quarters of the rate in New York: 10.5% 2,042,093 (±0.1% / ±15,185.6)

Social

71.4% ±2.6% (25,390  ±1,069.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 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 80 percent of the rate in New York: 86.5% 11,766,493 (±0.2% / ±24,951.4)
19.2% ±1.5% (6,821  ±554.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

41.4% ±1.7% (22,937  ±923) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 28.8% 5,761,610 (±0.1% / ±20,062)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,439,893 (±0.1% / ±16,605)

2.4% ±0.4% (988  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.6% 563,935 (±0% / ±5,263)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.7% 730,557 (±0% / ±5,554)
988 Total veterans ±167 837 Male ±142 151 Female ±89

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