Bellmore vs Westbury

A side-by-side comparison of Bellmore and Westbury: population, income, housing, and more.

Bellmore and Westbury are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Westbury has the higher population (15,789 vs 15,652 in Bellmore). Bellmore has the higher median household income ($159,158 vs $136,917 in Westbury). Bellmore has the higher median home value ($661,700 vs $599,700 in Westbury).

Population, income & housing

	Bellmore	Westbury
Population	15,652	15,789
Median age	42.2 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$159,158	$136,917
Median home value	$661,700	$599,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,813
Housing units	5,470	5,431
Homeownership rate	91.4%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellmore	Westbury
Population	15,368 → 15,652 (+1.8%)	15,342 → 15,789 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$136,684 → $159,158 (+16.4%)	$101,250 → $136,917 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$502,100 → $661,700 (+31.8%)	$458,500 → $599,700 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,617 → $1,688 (+4.4%)	$1,838 → $1,813 (-1.4%)

Bellmore

Population

15,36815,652

Median household income

$136,684$159,158

Median home value

$502,100$661,700

Median gross rent

$1,617$1,688

Westbury

Population

15,34215,789

Median household income

$101,250$136,917

Median home value

$458,500$599,700

Median gross rent

$1,838$1,813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellmore	Westbury
Under 5	5.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	16.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.0%
75 and over	6.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellmore	Westbury
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	31.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	16.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	37.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellmore	Westbury
No high school diploma	2.0%	11.2%
High school graduate	19.7%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellmore	Westbury
Drove alone	67.7%	67.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.6%
Public transit	8.9%	9.5%
Walked	1.4%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	17.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.2%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellmore	Westbury
1-unit, detached	92.9%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.8%
20 or more units	2.4%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellmore	Westbury
Poverty rate	3.4%	3.8%
Average household size	2.99	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1957	1955