Hempstead vs Hicksville

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

Hempstead and Hicksville 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 43,868 in Hicksville). Hicksville has the higher median household income ($148,008 vs $82,454 in Hempstead). Hicksville has the higher median home value ($617,100 vs $442,100 in Hempstead).

Population, income & housing

	Hempstead	Hicksville
Population	58,569	43,868
Median age	36.5 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,454	$148,008
Median home value	$442,100	$617,100
Median gross rent	$1,649	$3,005
Housing units	18,836	13,637
Homeownership rate	45.8%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hempstead	Hicksville
Population	55,300 → 58,569 (+5.9%)	42,709 → 43,868 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$62,569 → $82,454 (+31.8%)	$113,063 → $148,008 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$321,200 → $442,100 (+37.6%)	$454,800 → $617,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $1,649 (+13.7%)	$2,050 → $3,005 (+46.6%)

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

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)

	Hempstead	Hicksville
Under 5	6.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.4%
75 and over	5.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hempstead	Hicksville
White (non-Hispanic)	4.8%	39.8%
Black or African American	43.2%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	33.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.8%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hempstead	Hicksville
No high school diploma	23.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	31.4%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hempstead	Hicksville
Drove alone	57.7%	59.4%
Carpooled	13.1%	8.1%
Public transit	18.6%	12.9%
Walked	2.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.5%	15.3%
Other means	1.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hempstead	Hicksville
1-unit, detached	45.1%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	34.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hempstead	Hicksville
Poverty rate	14.8%	3.3%
Average household size	3.33	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1957	1955