East Meadow vs Long Beach

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

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

East Meadow has the higher population (35,806 vs 34,741 in Long Beach). Long Beach has the higher median household income ($130,795 vs $128,770 in East Meadow). Long Beach has the higher median home value ($661,500 vs $613,900 in East Meadow).

Population, income & housing

	East Meadow	Long Beach
Population	35,806	34,741
Median age	43.8 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$128,770	$130,795
Median home value	$613,900	$661,500
Median gross rent	$2,539	$2,377
Housing units	12,128	16,471
Homeownership rate	89.7%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Meadow	Long Beach
Population	38,029 → 35,806 (-5.8%)	33,507 → 34,741 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$106,409 → $128,770 (+21.0%)	$97,022 → $130,795 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$454,500 → $613,900 (+35.1%)	$508,800 → $661,500 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,144 → $2,539 (+18.4%)	$1,874 → $2,377 (+26.8%)

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

Long Beach

Population

33,50734,741

Median household income

$97,022$130,795

Median home value

$508,800$661,500

Median gross rent

$1,874$2,377

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Meadow	Long Beach
Under 5	5.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	9.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	17.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	17.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.2%
75 and over	9.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Meadow	Long Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	72.3%
Black or African American	4.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	18.7%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Meadow	Long Beach
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	25.7%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Meadow	Long Beach
Drove alone	69.2%	60.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	2.9%
Public transit	9.3%	15.7%
Walked	2.2%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.5%	14.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Meadow	Long Beach
1-unit, detached	81.9%	39.6%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	5.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	31.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	East Meadow	Long Beach
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.1%
Average household size	2.96	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	35	42
Median year structure built	1957	1958