Hicksville vs Levittown

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

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

Levittown has the higher population (51,557 vs 43,868 in Hicksville). Hicksville has the higher median household income ($148,008 vs $139,696 in Levittown). Hicksville has the higher median home value ($617,100 vs $564,000 in Levittown).

Population, income & housing

	Hicksville	Levittown
Population	43,868	51,557
Median age	41.9 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$148,008	$139,696
Median home value	$617,100	$564,000
Median gross rent	$3,005	$2,491
Housing units	13,637	17,305
Homeownership rate	88.5%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hicksville	Levittown
Population	42,709 → 43,868 (+2.7%)	51,634 → 51,557 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$113,063 → $148,008 (+30.9%)	$124,995 → $139,696 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$454,800 → $617,100 (+35.7%)	$406,200 → $564,000 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,050 → $3,005 (+46.6%)	$1,978 → $2,491 (+25.9%)

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

Levittown

Population

51,63451,557

Median household income

$124,995$139,696

Median home value

$406,200$564,000

Median gross rent

$1,978$2,491

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hicksville	Levittown
Under 5	4.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.7%
75 and over	8.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hicksville	Levittown
White (non-Hispanic)	39.8%	66.7%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	33.2%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hicksville	Levittown
No high school diploma	8.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	23.9%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hicksville	Levittown
Drove alone	59.4%	72.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.3%
Public transit	12.9%	8.3%
Walked	2.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	9.9%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hicksville	Levittown
1-unit, detached	93.9%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hicksville	Levittown
Poverty rate	3.3%	4.8%
Average household size	3.26	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1955	1952