Farmingdale vs Plainedge

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

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

Plainedge has the higher population (8,930 vs 8,450 in Farmingdale). Plainedge has the higher median household income ($155,670 vs $134,037 in Farmingdale). Plainedge has the higher median home value ($592,000 vs $530,100 in Farmingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Farmingdale	Plainedge
Population	8,450	8,930
Median age	42.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$134,037	$155,670
Median home value	$530,100	$592,000
Median gross rent	$2,460	$3,261
Housing units	3,678	2,851
Homeownership rate	69.8%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmingdale	Plainedge
Population	8,902 → 8,450 (-5.1%)	8,975 → 8,930 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$95,885 → $134,037 (+39.8%)	$123,500 → $155,670 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$402,800 → $530,100 (+31.6%)	$430,700 → $592,000 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,577 → $2,460 (+56.0%)	$1,946 → $3,261 (+67.6%)

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

Plainedge

Population

8,9758,930

Median household income

$123,500$155,670

Median home value

$430,700$592,000

Median gross rent

$1,946$3,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmingdale	Plainedge
Under 5	6.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	16.8%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	18.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.2%
75 and over	9.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmingdale	Plainedge
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	71.3%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.7%	14.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmingdale	Plainedge
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	20.2%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmingdale	Plainedge
Drove alone	70.7%	77.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	3.9%
Public transit	12.4%	8.8%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	8.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmingdale	Plainedge
1-unit, detached	49.9%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	23.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Farmingdale	Plainedge
Poverty rate	5.0%	4.8%
Average household size	2.35	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1961	1956