Herricks vs Old Westbury

A side-by-side comparison of Herricks and Old Westbury: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Old Westbury has the higher population (4,320 vs 4,077 in Herricks). Old Westbury has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $145,000 in Herricks). Old Westbury has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $787,700 in Herricks).

Population, income & housing

	Herricks	Old Westbury
Population	4,077	4,320
Median age	47.5 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$145,000	$250,001
Median home value	$787,700	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,501
Housing units	1,298	1,132
Homeownership rate	96.5%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.9%	75.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herricks	Old Westbury
Population	4,122 → 4,077 (-1.1%)	4,670 → 4,320 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$133,472 → $145,000 (+8.6%)	$220,048 → $250,001 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$653,500 → $787,700 (+20.5%)	$1,856,900 → $2,000,001 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

Herricks

Population

4,1224,077

Median household income

$133,472$145,000

Median home value

$653,500$787,700

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Old Westbury

Population

4,6704,320

Median household income

$220,048$250,001

Median home value

$1,856,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herricks	Old Westbury
Under 5	2.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	11.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	34.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	5.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	8.0%
75 and over	9.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herricks	Old Westbury
White (non-Hispanic)	32.3%	67.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	53.4%	13.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herricks	Old Westbury
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.1%
High school graduate	21.6%	8.7%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	38.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herricks	Old Westbury
Drove alone	63.3%	52.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	4.9%
Public transit	6.3%	9.8%
Walked	0.5%	9.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.8%	21.9%
Other means	4.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herricks	Old Westbury
1-unit, detached	98.1%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Herricks	Old Westbury
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.0%
Average household size	3.16	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	41	33
Median year structure built	1953	1969