Elmont vs Hicksville

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

Elmont 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 36,436 in Elmont). Hicksville has the higher median household income ($148,008 vs $120,917 in Elmont). Hicksville has the higher median home value ($617,100 vs $576,800 in Elmont).

Population, income & housing

	Elmont	Hicksville
Population	36,436	43,868
Median age	38.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$120,917	$148,008
Median home value	$576,800	$617,100
Median gross rent	$2,434	$3,005
Housing units	10,419	13,637
Homeownership rate	79.5%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmont	Hicksville
Population	35,824 → 36,436 (+1.7%)	42,709 → 43,868 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$104,671 → $120,917 (+15.5%)	$113,063 → $148,008 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$402,400 → $576,800 (+43.3%)	$454,800 → $617,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,779 → $2,434 (+36.8%)	$2,050 → $3,005 (+46.6%)

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

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)

	Elmont	Hicksville
Under 5	5.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	9.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.4%
75 and over	5.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmont	Hicksville
White (non-Hispanic)	13.1%	39.8%
Black or African American	41.3%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.4%	33.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	1.8%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.3%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmont	Hicksville
No high school diploma	13.9%	8.3%
High school graduate	25.8%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmont	Hicksville
Drove alone	67.0%	59.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.1%
Public transit	14.6%	12.9%
Walked	2.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.7%	15.3%
Other means	2.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmont	Hicksville
1-unit, detached	80.8%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.1%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Elmont	Hicksville
Poverty rate	4.2%	3.3%
Average household size	3.65	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	41	33
Median year structure built	1952	1955