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Plainedge Union Free School District, NY

19,076 Population
2.8 square miles 6,848.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Nassau County: 42 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$62,701 ±$3,432 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Nassau County: $64,198 ±$729
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$162,138 ±$16,087 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nassau County: $146,202 ±$1,472
  • nearly double the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.3% ±1.6% (818  ±302) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nassau County: 5.4% 74,256 (±0.3% / ±3,467)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.6 minutes ±0.8 (293,025  ±27,993) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nassau County: 36 20,646,316 (±0.3 / ±241,473)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,366 ±418 Number of households
  • Nassau County: 458,166 ±1,227
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.3 (19,021  ±1,242) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Nassau County: 3 1,368,951 (±0 / ±344)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±2.2% (222  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 5.1% 15,473 (±0.3% / ±988)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,493 ±383 Number of housing units
  • Nassau County: 479,044 ±353
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$626,300 ±$10,659 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nassau County: $684,700 ±$2,833
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.4% ±1.7% (831  ±321.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nassau County: 6.5% 90,029 (±0.3% / ±4,055.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.4% ±8.7% (13,049  ±774.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Nassau County: 92.2% 898,980 (±0.8% / ±7,445.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
47.8% ±2.2% (6,405  ±521.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Nassau County: 49.7% 484,554 (±0.5% / ±5,279.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8.1% ±1.2% (1,539  ±246) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Nassau County: 23.3% 323,944
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.4% ±0.7% (351  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nassau County: 3% 32,220 (±0.1% / ±1,354)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
351 Total veterans ±106 331 Male ±106 20 Female ±23

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