Carle Place vs Flower Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Carle Place and Flower Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carle Place has the higher population (5,094 vs 4,793 in Flower Hill). Flower Hill has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $130,063 in Carle Place). Flower Hill has the higher median home value ($1,849,800 vs $743,800 in Carle Place).

Population, income & housing

	Carle Place	Flower Hill
Population	5,094	4,793
Median age	45.6 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$130,063	$250,001
Median home value	$743,800	$1,849,800
Median gross rent	$2,291	$2,284
Housing units	2,002	1,629
Homeownership rate	80.8%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	83.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carle Place	Flower Hill
Population	5,131 → 5,094 (-0.7%)	4,832 → 4,793 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$90,815 → $130,063 (+43.2%)	$192,314 → $250,001 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$535,200 → $743,800 (+39.0%)	$1,315,300 → $1,849,800 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,850 → $2,291 (+23.8%)	$1,958 → $2,284 (+16.6%)

Carle Place

Population

5,1315,094

Median household income

$90,815$130,063

Median home value

$535,200$743,800

Median gross rent

$1,850$2,291

Flower Hill

Population

4,8324,793

Median household income

$192,314$250,001

Median home value

$1,315,300$1,849,800

Median gross rent

$1,958$2,284

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carle Place	Flower Hill
Under 5	2.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	23.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	3.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	15.4%	18.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.2%
75 and over	6.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carle Place	Flower Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	69.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.6%	13.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	3.8%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carle Place	Flower Hill
No high school diploma	6.2%	2.0%
High school graduate	18.0%	4.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	49.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carle Place	Flower Hill
Drove alone	68.0%	62.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	2.7%
Public transit	10.0%	21.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carle Place	Flower Hill
1-unit, detached	80.1%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.8%
20 or more units	7.9%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carle Place	Flower Hill
Poverty rate	2.4%	3.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	29	45
Median year structure built	1954	1958