Freeport vs Hicksville

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

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

Freeport has the higher population (44,102 vs 43,868 in Hicksville). Hicksville has the higher median household income ($148,008 vs $118,755 in Freeport). Hicksville has the higher median home value ($617,100 vs $479,700 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	Freeport	Hicksville
Population	44,102	43,868
Median age	39.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$118,755	$148,008
Median home value	$479,700	$617,100
Median gross rent	$1,984	$3,005
Housing units	14,750	13,637
Homeownership rate	70.9%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeport	Hicksville
Population	43,078 → 44,102 (+2.4%)	42,709 → 43,868 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$81,958 → $118,755 (+44.9%)	$113,063 → $148,008 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$339,100 → $479,700 (+41.5%)	$454,800 → $617,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,486 → $1,984 (+33.5%)	$2,050 → $3,005 (+46.6%)

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

Hicksville

Population

42,70943,868

Median household income

$113,063$148,008

Median home value

$454,800$617,100

Median gross rent

$2,050$3,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeport	Hicksville
Under 5	4.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	15.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.4%
75 and over	6.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeport	Hicksville
White (non-Hispanic)	19.0%	39.8%
Black or African American	32.9%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	33.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	43.2%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeport	Hicksville
No high school diploma	13.7%	8.3%
High school graduate	31.6%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeport	Hicksville
Drove alone	67.2%	59.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.1%
Public transit	9.7%	12.9%
Walked	2.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.2%	15.3%
Other means	2.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeport	Hicksville
1-unit, detached	62.4%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	21.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Freeport	Hicksville
Poverty rate	6.2%	3.3%
Average household size	3.12	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1952	1955