Elmont vs Long Beach

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

Elmont 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.

Elmont has the higher population (36,436 vs 34,741 in Long Beach). Long Beach has the higher median household income ($130,795 vs $120,917 in Elmont). Long Beach has the higher median home value ($661,500 vs $576,800 in Elmont).

Population, income & housing

	Elmont	Long Beach
Population	36,436	34,741
Median age	38.1 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$120,917	$130,795
Median home value	$576,800	$661,500
Median gross rent	$2,434	$2,377
Housing units	10,419	16,471
Homeownership rate	79.5%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmont	Long Beach
Population	35,824 → 36,436 (+1.7%)	33,507 → 34,741 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$104,671 → $120,917 (+15.5%)	$97,022 → $130,795 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$402,400 → $576,800 (+43.3%)	$508,800 → $661,500 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,779 → $2,434 (+36.8%)	$1,874 → $2,377 (+26.8%)

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

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)

	Elmont	Long Beach
Under 5	5.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	9.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	17.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	17.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.2%
75 and over	5.1%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmont	Long Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	13.1%	72.3%
Black or African American	41.3%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	15.4%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	22.3%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmont	Long Beach
No high school diploma	13.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	25.8%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmont	Long Beach
Drove alone	67.0%	60.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	2.9%
Public transit	14.6%	15.7%
Walked	2.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.7%	14.9%
Other means	2.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmont	Long Beach
1-unit, detached	80.8%	39.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	5.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	31.9%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Elmont	Long Beach
Poverty rate	4.2%	7.1%
Average household size	3.65	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	41	42
Median year structure built	1952	1958