Hewlett vs Williston Park

A side-by-side comparison of Hewlett and Williston Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hewlett has the higher population (7,599 vs 7,508 in Williston Park). Williston Park has the higher median household income ($152,656 vs $135,139 in Hewlett). Williston Park has the higher median home value ($731,700 vs $609,800 in Hewlett).

Population, income & housing

	Hewlett	Williston Park
Population	7,599	7,508
Median age	40.6 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$135,139	$152,656
Median home value	$609,800	$731,700
Median gross rent	$2,295	$2,146
Housing units	2,542	2,550
Homeownership rate	86.1%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.5%	51.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hewlett	Williston Park
Population	6,802 → 7,599 (+11.7%)	7,277 → 7,508 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$103,177 → $135,139 (+31.0%)	$112,114 → $152,656 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$464,300 → $609,800 (+31.3%)	$565,200 → $731,700 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,718 → $2,295 (+33.6%)	$1,880 → $2,146 (+14.1%)

Hewlett

Population

6,8027,599

Median household income

$103,177$135,139

Median home value

$464,300$609,800

Median gross rent

$1,718$2,295

Williston Park

Population

7,2777,508

Median household income

$112,114$152,656

Median home value

$565,200$731,700

Median gross rent

$1,880$2,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hewlett	Williston Park
Under 5	4.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.0%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	7.8%
75 and over	6.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hewlett	Williston Park
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	64.3%
Black or African American	5.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.6%	17.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hewlett	Williston Park
No high school diploma	12.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	13.0%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.3%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hewlett	Williston Park
Drove alone	55.4%	63.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	9.6%
Public transit	14.3%	15.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	8.4%
Other means	1.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hewlett	Williston Park
1-unit, detached	67.5%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.7%
20 or more units	10.4%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hewlett	Williston Park
Poverty rate	5.9%	3.5%
Average household size	3.11	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	41	38
Median year structure built	1951	1938