East Meadow vs Elmont

A side-by-side comparison of East Meadow and Elmont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elmont has the higher population (36,436 vs 35,806 in East Meadow). East Meadow has the higher median household income ($128,770 vs $120,917 in Elmont). East Meadow has the higher median home value ($613,900 vs $576,800 in Elmont).

Population, income & housing

	East Meadow	Elmont
Population	35,806	36,436
Median age	43.8 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$128,770	$120,917
Median home value	$613,900	$576,800
Median gross rent	$2,539	$2,434
Housing units	12,128	10,419
Homeownership rate	89.7%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Meadow	Elmont
Population	38,029 → 35,806 (-5.8%)	35,824 → 36,436 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$106,409 → $128,770 (+21.0%)	$104,671 → $120,917 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$454,500 → $613,900 (+35.1%)	$402,400 → $576,800 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,144 → $2,539 (+18.4%)	$1,779 → $2,434 (+36.8%)

East Meadow

Population

38,02935,806

Median household income

$106,409$128,770

Median home value

$454,500$613,900

Median gross rent

$2,144$2,539

Elmont

Population

35,82436,436

Median household income

$104,671$120,917

Median home value

$402,400$576,800

Median gross rent

$1,779$2,434

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Meadow	Elmont
Under 5	5.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.0%
75 and over	9.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Meadow	Elmont
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	13.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	41.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.7%	15.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Meadow	Elmont
No high school diploma	7.0%	13.9%
High school graduate	25.7%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Meadow	Elmont
Drove alone	69.2%	67.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.6%
Public transit	9.3%	14.6%
Walked	2.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.5%	4.7%
Other means	0.9%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Meadow	Elmont
1-unit, detached	81.9%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	6.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	East Meadow	Elmont
Poverty rate	6.9%	4.2%
Average household size	2.96	3.65
Mean commute (minutes)	35	41
Median year structure built	1957	1952