East Meadow vs Uniondale

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

East Meadow and Uniondale 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 33,637 in Uniondale). East Meadow has the higher median household income ($128,770 vs $115,037 in Uniondale). East Meadow has the higher median home value ($613,900 vs $511,300 in Uniondale).

Population, income & housing

	East Meadow	Uniondale
Population	35,806	33,637
Median age	43.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$128,770	$115,037
Median home value	$613,900	$511,300
Median gross rent	$2,539	$2,570
Housing units	12,128	9,085
Homeownership rate	89.7%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Meadow	Uniondale
Population	38,029 → 35,806 (-5.8%)	32,007 → 33,637 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$106,409 → $128,770 (+21.0%)	$85,471 → $115,037 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$454,500 → $613,900 (+35.1%)	$361,000 → $511,300 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,144 → $2,539 (+18.4%)	$1,933 → $2,570 (+33.0%)

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

Uniondale

Population

32,00733,637

Median household income

$85,471$115,037

Median home value

$361,000$511,300

Median gross rent

$1,933$2,570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Meadow	Uniondale
Under 5	5.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	16.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.0%
75 and over	9.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Meadow	Uniondale
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	16.0%
Black or African American	4.0%	38.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	39.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Meadow	Uniondale
No high school diploma	7.0%	16.0%
High school graduate	25.7%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Meadow	Uniondale
Drove alone	69.2%	59.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	15.0%
Public transit	9.3%	10.7%
Walked	2.2%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	8.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Meadow	Uniondale
1-unit, detached	81.9%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	10.3%
20 or more units	6.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	East Meadow	Uniondale
Poverty rate	6.9%	10.5%
Average household size	2.96	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	1957	1956