Census Reporter

West Islip, NY

26,614 Population
6.1 square miles 4,367.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$50,702 ±$2,836 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $45,049 ±$179
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $40,898 ±$167
$132,415 ±$9,869 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $81,951 ±$316
  • nearly double the amount in New York: $71,117 ±$266

3.4% ±1.4% (890  ±365) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.4% 2,340,049 (±0.1% / ±23,249)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,581,048 (±0.1% / ±26,021)

32.8 minutes ±0.6 (438,945  ±46,389) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 37 317,292,040 (±0.1 / ±1,124,671)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 33.5 287,526,290 (±0.1 / ±1,046,958)

Families

8,432 ±486 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,065,536 ±10,461
  • New York: 7,417,224 ±12,559
3.1 ±0.2 (26,284  ±1,988) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 18,880,565
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.6 18,945,673

11.6% ±5.7% (687  ±348) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.8% 223,112 (±0.1% / ±3,565)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.8% 225,143 (±0.1% / ±3,450)

Housing

8,666 ±474 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,756,312 ±1,612
  • New York: 8,362,971 ±772

$451,000 ±$8,610 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $465,400 ±$1,046
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $325,000 ±$1,056

5.1% ±1.7% (1,330  ±443.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.4% 1,788,772 (±0.1% / ±15,527.6)
  • about half the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,007,694 (±0.1% / ±15,289)

Social

95.5% ±8.2% (17,657  ±1,032.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 87% 11,721,010 (±0.2% / ±28,527.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.2% 11,905,267 (±0.2% / ±28,296.3)
41.8% ±2.9% (7,737  ±722.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 41.4% 5,582,000 (±0.1% / ±18,453.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 37.5% 5,112,792 (±0.1% / ±18,230.9)

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

6.1% ±1.2% (1,628  ±336) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.3% 5,652,129 (±0.1% / ±23,018)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.4% 4,372,167 (±0.1% / ±19,932)

4.4% ±0.9% (927  ±206) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.2% 488,632 (±0% / ±4,952)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.4% 676,295 (±0% / ±5,258)
927 Total veterans ±206 919 Male ±206 8 Female ±13

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