East Meadow vs Hicksville

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

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

Hicksville has the higher population (43,868 vs 35,806 in East Meadow). Hicksville has the higher median household income ($148,008 vs $128,770 in East Meadow). Hicksville has the higher median home value ($617,100 vs $613,900 in East Meadow).

Population, income & housing

	East Meadow	Hicksville
Population	35,806	43,868
Median age	43.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$128,770	$148,008
Median home value	$613,900	$617,100
Median gross rent	$2,539	$3,005
Housing units	12,128	13,637
Homeownership rate	89.7%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Meadow	Hicksville
Population	38,029 → 35,806 (-5.8%)	42,709 → 43,868 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$106,409 → $128,770 (+21.0%)	$113,063 → $148,008 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$454,500 → $613,900 (+35.1%)	$454,800 → $617,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,144 → $2,539 (+18.4%)	$2,050 → $3,005 (+46.6%)

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

Hicksville

Population

42,70943,868

Median household income

$113,063$148,008

Median home value

$454,800$617,100

Median gross rent

$2,050$3,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Meadow	Hicksville
Under 5	5.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.4%
75 and over	9.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Meadow	Hicksville
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	39.8%
Black or African American	4.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.7%	33.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Meadow	Hicksville
No high school diploma	7.0%	8.3%
High school graduate	25.7%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Meadow	Hicksville
Drove alone	69.2%	59.4%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.1%
Public transit	9.3%	12.9%
Walked	2.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.5%	15.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Meadow	Hicksville
1-unit, detached	81.9%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	1.1%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	East Meadow	Hicksville
Poverty rate	6.9%	3.3%
Average household size	2.96	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1957	1955