Elmont vs Freeport

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

Elmont 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 36,436 in Elmont). Elmont has the higher median household income ($120,917 vs $118,755 in Freeport). Elmont has the higher median home value ($576,800 vs $479,700 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	Elmont	Freeport
Population	36,436	44,102
Median age	38.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$120,917	$118,755
Median home value	$576,800	$479,700
Median gross rent	$2,434	$1,984
Housing units	10,419	14,750
Homeownership rate	79.5%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmont	Freeport
Population	35,824 → 36,436 (+1.7%)	43,078 → 44,102 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$104,671 → $120,917 (+15.5%)	$81,958 → $118,755 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$402,400 → $576,800 (+43.3%)	$339,100 → $479,700 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,779 → $2,434 (+36.8%)	$1,486 → $1,984 (+33.5%)

Elmont

Population

35,82436,436

Median household income

$104,671$120,917

Median home value

$402,400$576,800

Median gross rent

$1,779$2,434

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)

	Elmont	Freeport
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	16.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.0%
75 and over	5.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmont	Freeport
White (non-Hispanic)	13.1%	19.0%
Black or African American	41.3%	32.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	15.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.3%	43.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmont	Freeport
No high school diploma	13.9%	13.7%
High school graduate	25.8%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmont	Freeport
Drove alone	67.0%	67.2%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.6%
Public transit	14.6%	9.7%
Walked	2.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.7%	8.2%
Other means	2.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmont	Freeport
1-unit, detached	80.8%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	7.8%
20 or more units	1.2%	21.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Elmont	Freeport
Poverty rate	4.2%	6.2%
Average household size	3.65	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	41	33
Median year structure built	1952	1952