Island Park vs North Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Island Park and North Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Hills has the higher population (5,419 vs 4,958 in Island Park). North Hills has the higher median household income ($196,938 vs $104,657 in Island Park). North Hills has the higher median home value ($1,212,900 vs $529,000 in Island Park).

Population, income & housing

	Island Park	North Hills
Population	4,958	5,419
Median age	42.4 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$104,657	$196,938
Median home value	$529,000	$1,212,900
Median gross rent	$2,092	$3,501
Housing units	1,927	2,609
Homeownership rate	52.3%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	80.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Island Park	North Hills
Population	4,835 → 4,958 (+2.5%)	5,796 → 5,419 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$91,841 → $104,657 (+14.0%)	$155,679 → $196,938 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$399,300 → $529,000 (+32.5%)	$1,057,000 → $1,212,900 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,689 → $2,092 (+23.9%)	$1,571 → $3,501 (+122.9%)

Island Park

Population

4,8354,958

Median household income

$91,841$104,657

Median home value

$399,300$529,000

Median gross rent

$1,689$2,092

North Hills

Population

5,7965,419

Median household income

$155,679$196,938

Median home value

$1,057,000$1,212,900

Median gross rent

$1,571$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Island Park	North Hills
Under 5	7.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	5.7%
35 to 44	18.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	7.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	20.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	20.1%
75 and over	8.6%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Island Park	North Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	64.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	31.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Island Park	North Hills
No high school diploma	7.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	33.7%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	4.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	40.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	40.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Island Park	North Hills
Drove alone	59.6%	57.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	3.9%
Public transit	12.6%	22.8%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	15.0%
Other means	3.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Island Park	North Hills
1-unit, detached	44.7%	18.1%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	67.3%
2 to 4 units	42.1%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	3.1%
20 or more units	5.7%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Island Park	North Hills
Poverty rate	11.8%	4.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	36	42
Median year structure built	1958	1986