Freeport vs Hempstead

A side-by-side comparison of Freeport and Hempstead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hempstead has the higher population (58,569 vs 44,102 in Freeport). Freeport has the higher median household income ($118,755 vs $82,454 in Hempstead). Freeport has the higher median home value ($479,700 vs $442,100 in Hempstead).

Population, income & housing

	Freeport	Hempstead
Population	44,102	58,569
Median age	39.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$118,755	$82,454
Median home value	$479,700	$442,100
Median gross rent	$1,984	$1,649
Housing units	14,750	18,836
Homeownership rate	70.9%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeport	Hempstead
Population	43,078 → 44,102 (+2.4%)	55,300 → 58,569 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$81,958 → $118,755 (+44.9%)	$62,569 → $82,454 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$339,100 → $479,700 (+41.5%)	$321,200 → $442,100 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,486 → $1,984 (+33.5%)	$1,450 → $1,649 (+13.7%)

Freeport

Population

43,07844,102

Median household income

$81,958$118,755

Median home value

$339,100$479,700

Median gross rent

$1,486$1,984

Hempstead

Population

55,30058,569

Median household income

$62,569$82,454

Median home value

$321,200$442,100

Median gross rent

$1,450$1,649

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeport	Hempstead
Under 5	4.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.2%
75 and over	6.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeport	Hempstead
White (non-Hispanic)	19.0%	4.8%
Black or African American	32.9%	43.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	43.2%	45.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeport	Hempstead
No high school diploma	13.7%	23.6%
High school graduate	31.6%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeport	Hempstead
Drove alone	67.2%	57.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	13.1%
Public transit	9.7%	18.6%
Walked	2.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.2%	6.5%
Other means	2.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeport	Hempstead
1-unit, detached	62.4%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	7.8%
20 or more units	21.0%	34.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Freeport	Hempstead
Poverty rate	6.2%	14.8%
Average household size	3.12	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1952	1957