East Meadow vs Oceanside

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

East Meadow and Oceanside 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 31,907 in Oceanside). Oceanside has the higher median household income ($145,282 vs $128,770 in East Meadow). Oceanside has the higher median home value ($626,700 vs $613,900 in East Meadow).

Population, income & housing

	East Meadow	Oceanside
Population	35,806	31,907
Median age	43.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$128,770	$145,282
Median home value	$613,900	$626,700
Median gross rent	$2,539	$2,118
Housing units	12,128	11,268
Homeownership rate	89.7%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Meadow	Oceanside
Population	38,029 → 35,806 (-5.8%)	30,604 → 31,907 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$106,409 → $128,770 (+21.0%)	$118,196 → $145,282 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$454,500 → $613,900 (+35.1%)	$472,100 → $626,700 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,144 → $2,539 (+18.4%)	$1,581 → $2,118 (+34.0%)

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

Oceanside

Population

30,60431,907

Median household income

$118,196$145,282

Median home value

$472,100$626,700

Median gross rent

$1,581$2,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Meadow	Oceanside
Under 5	5.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.6%
75 and over	9.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Meadow	Oceanside
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	78.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Meadow	Oceanside
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	25.7%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Meadow	Oceanside
Drove alone	69.2%	63.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.6%
Public transit	9.3%	11.5%
Walked	2.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.5%	14.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Meadow	Oceanside
1-unit, detached	81.9%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	6.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	East Meadow	Oceanside
Poverty rate	6.9%	2.7%
Average household size	2.96	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	35	36
Median year structure built	1957	1956