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West Islip, NY

27,192 Population
6.1 square miles 4,462.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$61,959 ±$3,437 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $52,011 ±$243
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New York: $47,173 ±$209
$161,792 ±$8,904 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $93,610 ±$426
  • about double the amount in New York: $81,386 ±$350

3% ±1.1% (814  ±293) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.3% 2,415,989 (±0.1% / ±26,451)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,655,662 (±0.1% / ±26,624)

31.7 minutes ±1.3 (423,270  ±44,702) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36.4 302,192,860 (±0.1 / ±1,020,070)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 33.2 275,523,680 (±0.1 / ±986,828)

Families

8,664 ±459 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,321,054 ±11,009
  • New York: 7,604,523 ±13,178
3.1 ±0.1 (26,914  ±1,795) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.7 19,503,216
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.6 19,400,424

11.7% ±5.6% (703  ±342) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,493 (±0.1% / ±4,596)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.8% 228,348 (±0.1% / ±4,362)

Housing

8,804 ±455 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,981,356 ±1,276
  • New York: 8,494,452 ±916

$546,800 ±$21,864 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $553,500 ±$1,374
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $384,100 ±$1,487

5.7% ±1.5% (1,538  ±,405.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.5% 1,876,448 (±0.1% / ±18,290.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.2% 2,026,056 (±0.1% / ±17,574.7)

Social

96.1% ±7.8% (17,987  ±,997.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.4% 12,202,377 (±0.2% / ±31,916.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.6% 12,281,021 (±0.2% / ±31,135.3)
46.3% ±2.9% (8,673  ±,741.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 42.8% 5,967,580 (±0.2% / ±20,727.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 38.8% 5,439,415 (±0.2% / ±20,453)

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

6.1% ±1.5% (1,653  ±408) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 29.5% 5,881,234
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,508,936

3.9% ±0.6% (847  ±146) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.9% 457,983 (±0% / ±5,489)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4% 634,062 (±0% / ±5,837)
847 Total veterans ±146 847 Male ±146 N/A Female ±25

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