Farmingdale vs Woodbury

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

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

Woodbury has the higher population (9,270 vs 8,450 in Farmingdale). Woodbury has the higher median household income ($181,667 vs $134,037 in Farmingdale). Woodbury has the higher median home value ($1,004,500 vs $530,100 in Farmingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Farmingdale	Woodbury
Population	8,450	9,270
Median age	42.8 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$134,037	$181,667
Median home value	$530,100	$1,004,500
Median gross rent	$2,460	$3,315
Housing units	3,678	3,170
Homeownership rate	69.8%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	65.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmingdale	Woodbury
Population	8,902 → 8,450 (-5.1%)	8,852 → 9,270 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$95,885 → $134,037 (+39.8%)	$181,667 → $181,667 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$402,800 → $530,100 (+31.6%)	$842,000 → $1,004,500 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,577 → $2,460 (+56.0%)	$2,846 → $3,315 (+16.5%)

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

Woodbury

Population

8,8529,270

Median household income

$181,667$181,667

Median home value

$842,000$1,004,500

Median gross rent

$2,846$3,315

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmingdale	Woodbury
Under 5	6.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	16.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	8.2%
55 to 64	18.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	14.5%
75 and over	9.0%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmingdale	Woodbury
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	77.0%
Black or African American	4.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.7%	15.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmingdale	Woodbury
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.1%
High school graduate	20.2%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmingdale	Woodbury
Drove alone	70.7%	55.6%
Carpooled	2.8%	8.3%
Public transit	12.4%	10.5%
Walked	1.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	22.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmingdale	Woodbury
1-unit, detached	49.9%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	21.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	13.7%
20 or more units	23.2%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmingdale	Woodbury
Poverty rate	5.0%	5.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1961	1980