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Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, NY

72,800 Population
14 square miles 5,196 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nassau County: 42.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$64,929 ±$6,434 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Nassau County: $64,435 ±$1,442
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
$168,850 ±$17,112 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Nassau County: $143,144 ±$3,935
  • about double the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653

2.7% ±1.3% (1,924  ±994) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Nassau County: 5.6% † 76,773 (±0.7% / ±9,019)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)

36.4 minutes ±0.9 (1,039,775  ±62,367) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Nassau County: 36 20,646,316 (±0.3 / ±241,473)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

23,584 ±2,171 Number of households
  • Nassau County: 460,169 ±3,303
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
3.1 ±0.2 (72,370  ±8,298) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Nassau County: 3 1,369,765 (±0 / ±912)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964

2.6% ±1.8% (418  ±301) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nassau County: 4.5% † 13,683 (±0.6% / ±1,799)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)

Housing

24,133 ±2,092 Number of housing units
  • Nassau County: 480,668 ±318
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743

$724,400 ±$37,174 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Nassau County: $704,400 ±$7,791
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718

1.7% ±0.9% (1,215  ±660.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Nassau County: 5.3% † 73,156 (±0.6% / ±7,693)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)

Social

97.1% ±12.8% (50,568  ±4,401.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Nassau County: 91.9% 901,613 (±1.6% / ±15,688.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
56% ±3.4% (29,166  ±3,379.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 51.5% 505,953 (±1.1% / ±11,147.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)

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

10.2% ±4.6% (7,420  ±3,453) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nassau County: 24.9% 346,767
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382

2.2% ±1.1% (1,294  ±649) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nassau County: 2.8% † 31,002 (±0.3% / ±3,418)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
1,294 Total veterans ±649 1,294 Male ±649 N/A Female ±220

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