Bethpage vs Port Washington

A side-by-side comparison of Bethpage and Port Washington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Washington has the higher population (17,613 vs 17,334 in Bethpage). Port Washington has the higher median household income ($183,964 vs $132,832 in Bethpage). Port Washington has the higher median home value ($976,200 vs $597,400 in Bethpage).

Population, income & housing

	Bethpage	Port Washington
Population	17,334	17,613
Median age	47.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$132,832	$183,964
Median home value	$597,400	$976,200
Median gross rent	$1,492	$2,218
Housing units	6,045	6,312
Homeownership rate	91.8%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	70.1%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethpage	Port Washington
Population	17,627 → 17,334 (-1.7%)	15,808 → 17,613 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$123,427 → $132,832 (+7.6%)	$141,667 → $183,964 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$471,600 → $597,400 (+26.7%)	$815,300 → $976,200 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,055 → $1,492 (-27.4%)	$1,881 → $2,218 (+17.9%)

Bethpage

Population

17,62717,334

Median household income

$123,427$132,832

Median home value

$471,600$597,400

Median gross rent

$2,055$1,492

Port Washington

Population

15,80817,613

Median household income

$141,667$183,964

Median home value

$815,300$976,200

Median gross rent

$1,881$2,218

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethpage	Port Washington
Under 5	4.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.8%
75 and over	10.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethpage	Port Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	68.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	13.4%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethpage	Port Washington
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	23.5%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	33.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethpage	Port Washington
Drove alone	64.4%	47.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	2.5%
Public transit	9.0%	22.3%
Walked	2.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	15.4%	23.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethpage	Port Washington
1-unit, detached	79.5%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	4.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethpage	Port Washington
Poverty rate	3.8%	3.3%
Average household size	2.90	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1958	1952