East Meadow vs Freeport

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

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

Freeport has the higher population (44,102 vs 35,806 in East Meadow). East Meadow has the higher median household income ($128,770 vs $118,755 in Freeport). East Meadow has the higher median home value ($613,900 vs $479,700 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	East Meadow	Freeport
Population	35,806	44,102
Median age	43.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$128,770	$118,755
Median home value	$613,900	$479,700
Median gross rent	$2,539	$1,984
Housing units	12,128	14,750
Homeownership rate	89.7%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Meadow	Freeport
Population	38,029 → 35,806 (-5.8%)	43,078 → 44,102 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$106,409 → $128,770 (+21.0%)	$81,958 → $118,755 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$454,500 → $613,900 (+35.1%)	$339,100 → $479,700 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,144 → $2,539 (+18.4%)	$1,486 → $1,984 (+33.5%)

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

Freeport

Population

43,07844,102

Median household income

$81,958$118,755

Median home value

$339,100$479,700

Median gross rent

$1,486$1,984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Meadow	Freeport
Under 5	5.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.0%
75 and over	9.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Meadow	Freeport
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	19.0%
Black or African American	4.0%	32.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	18.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	43.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Meadow	Freeport
No high school diploma	7.0%	13.7%
High school graduate	25.7%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Meadow	Freeport
Drove alone	69.2%	67.2%
Carpooled	5.9%	9.6%
Public transit	9.3%	9.7%
Walked	2.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.5%	8.2%
Other means	0.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Meadow	Freeport
1-unit, detached	81.9%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	7.8%
20 or more units	6.0%	21.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	East Meadow	Freeport
Poverty rate	6.9%	6.2%
Average household size	2.96	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1957	1952