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Wantagh Union Free School District, NY

17,258 Population
4.9 square miles 3,512.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Nassau County: 41.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$62,017 ±$3,555 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Nassau County: $62,743 ±$691
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$174,830 ±$13,677 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Nassau County: $143,408 ±$1,643
  • more than double the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

2.9% ±1.1% (492  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Nassau County: 5.3% 72,719 (±0.3% / ±4,365)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

33.6 minutes ±5.7 (233,055  ±27,906) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nassau County: 36 21,163,320 (±0.4 / ±264,333)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

5,523 ±344 Number of households
  • Nassau County: 456,076 ±1,499
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
3.1 ±0.1 (17,192  ±1,189) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Nassau County: 3 1,368,624 (±0 / ±256)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

3.7% ±2.4% (125  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nassau County: 5.3% 16,149 (±0.3% / ±1,041)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

5,675 ±343 Number of housing units
  • Nassau County: 477,860 ±333
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$667,800 ±$15,595 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Nassau County: $658,700 ±$2,259
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

4.8% ±1.9% (829  ±333.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nassau County: 6.8% 92,861 (±0.3% / ±4,237.2)
  • about half the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

96.9% ±2.6% (11,285  ±828.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Nassau County: 92.2% 895,669 (±0.7% / ±7,187.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
52% ±3.7% (6,053  ±593.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 48.7% 473,504 (±0.5% / ±4,574.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

8.2% ±2.3% (1,413  ±409) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Nassau County: 22.9% 317,598
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

4.2% ±1.1% (548  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nassau County: 3.1% 33,524 (±0.1% / ±1,485)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
548 Total veterans ±152 548 Male ±152 N/A Female ±21

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