Elmont vs Uniondale

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

Elmont and Uniondale 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 33,637 in Uniondale). Elmont has the higher median household income ($120,917 vs $115,037 in Uniondale). Elmont has the higher median home value ($576,800 vs $511,300 in Uniondale).

Population, income & housing

	Elmont	Uniondale
Population	36,436	33,637
Median age	38.1 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$120,917	$115,037
Median home value	$576,800	$511,300
Median gross rent	$2,434	$2,570
Housing units	10,419	9,085
Homeownership rate	79.5%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmont	Uniondale
Population	35,824 → 36,436 (+1.7%)	32,007 → 33,637 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$104,671 → $120,917 (+15.5%)	$85,471 → $115,037 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$402,400 → $576,800 (+43.3%)	$361,000 → $511,300 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,779 → $2,434 (+36.8%)	$1,933 → $2,570 (+33.0%)

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

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)

	Elmont	Uniondale
Under 5	5.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	16.7%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.0%
75 and over	5.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmont	Uniondale
White (non-Hispanic)	13.1%	16.0%
Black or African American	41.3%	38.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.4%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	1.1%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.3%	39.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmont	Uniondale
No high school diploma	13.9%	16.0%
High school graduate	25.8%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmont	Uniondale
Drove alone	67.0%	59.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	15.0%
Public transit	14.6%	10.7%
Walked	2.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	8.3%
Other means	2.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmont	Uniondale
1-unit, detached	80.8%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	10.3%
20 or more units	1.2%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Elmont	Uniondale
Poverty rate	4.2%	10.5%
Average household size	3.65	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	41	34
Median year structure built	1952	1956