Farmingdale vs Manhasset

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

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

Farmingdale has the higher population (8,450 vs 7,730 in Manhasset). Manhasset has the higher median household income ($180,776 vs $134,037 in Farmingdale). Manhasset has the higher median home value ($1,338,700 vs $530,100 in Farmingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Farmingdale	Manhasset
Population	8,450	7,730
Median age	42.8 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$134,037	$180,776
Median home value	$530,100	$1,338,700
Median gross rent	$2,460	$1,798
Housing units	3,678	2,796
Homeownership rate	69.8%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	68.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmingdale	Manhasset
Population	8,902 → 8,450 (-5.1%)	7,985 → 7,730 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$95,885 → $134,037 (+39.8%)	$177,321 → $180,776 (+1.9%)
Median home value	$402,800 → $530,100 (+31.6%)	$1,109,400 → $1,338,700 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,577 → $2,460 (+56.0%)	$1,413 → $1,798 (+27.2%)

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

Manhasset

Population

7,9857,730

Median household income

$177,321$180,776

Median home value

$1,109,400$1,338,700

Median gross rent

$1,413$1,798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmingdale	Manhasset
Under 5	6.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	12.5%	20.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	16.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	9.2%	20.0%
55 to 64	18.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	7.8%
75 and over	9.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmingdale	Manhasset
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	52.9%
Black or African American	4.0%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.7%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmingdale	Manhasset
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	20.2%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	36.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmingdale	Manhasset
Drove alone	70.7%	55.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	2.2%
Public transit	12.4%	22.6%
Walked	1.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	17.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmingdale	Manhasset
1-unit, detached	49.9%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	3.1%
20 or more units	23.2%	15.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Farmingdale	Manhasset
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	32	37
Median year structure built	1961	1941