Farmingdale vs Malverne

A side-by-side comparison of Farmingdale and Malverne: population, income, housing, and more.

Farmingdale and Malverne are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Malverne has the higher population (8,496 vs 8,450 in Farmingdale). Malverne has the higher median household income ($146,585 vs $134,037 in Farmingdale). Malverne has the higher median home value ($637,300 vs $530,100 in Farmingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Farmingdale	Malverne
Population	8,450	8,496
Median age	42.8 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$134,037	$146,585
Median home value	$530,100	$637,300
Median gross rent	$2,460	$1,861
Housing units	3,678	3,247
Homeownership rate	69.8%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmingdale	Malverne
Population	8,902 → 8,450 (-5.1%)	8,517 → 8,496 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$95,885 → $134,037 (+39.8%)	$126,964 → $146,585 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$402,800 → $530,100 (+31.6%)	$465,200 → $637,300 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,577 → $2,460 (+56.0%)	$1,745 → $1,861 (+6.6%)

Farmingdale

Population

8,9028,450

Median household income

$95,885$134,037

Median home value

$402,800$530,100

Median gross rent

$1,577$2,460

Malverne

Population

8,5178,496

Median household income

$126,964$146,585

Median home value

$465,200$637,300

Median gross rent

$1,745$1,861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmingdale	Malverne
Under 5	6.3%	8.3%
5 to 17	12.5%	11.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	18.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	15.6%
75 and over	9.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmingdale	Malverne
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	71.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.7%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmingdale	Malverne
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	20.2%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmingdale	Malverne
Drove alone	70.7%	69.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	3.3%
Public transit	12.4%	7.1%
Walked	1.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.9%	16.8%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmingdale	Malverne
1-unit, detached	49.9%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	1.1%
20 or more units	23.2%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Farmingdale	Malverne
Poverty rate	5.0%	5.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1961	1942