Island Park vs Searingtown

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

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

Island Park has the higher population (4,958 vs 4,786 in Searingtown). Searingtown has the higher median household income ($215,817 vs $104,657 in Island Park). Searingtown has the higher median home value ($1,073,000 vs $529,000 in Island Park).

Population, income & housing

	Island Park	Searingtown
Population	4,958	4,786
Median age	42.4 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$104,657	$215,817
Median home value	$529,000	$1,073,000
Median gross rent	$2,092	—
Housing units	1,927	1,630
Homeownership rate	52.3%	97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	74.0%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Island Park	Searingtown
Population	4,835 → 4,958 (+2.5%)	4,593 → 4,786 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$91,841 → $104,657 (+14.0%)	$161,188 → $215,817 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$399,300 → $529,000 (+32.5%)	$868,400 → $1,073,000 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,689 → $2,092 (+23.9%)	—

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

Searingtown

Population

4,5934,786

Median household income

$161,188$215,817

Median home value

$868,400$1,073,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Island Park	Searingtown
Under 5	7.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	8.8%
35 to 44	18.4%	7.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	16.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	19.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.6%
75 and over	8.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Island Park	Searingtown
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	36.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	52.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	2.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Island Park	Searingtown
No high school diploma	7.5%	1.8%
High school graduate	33.7%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	38.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Island Park	Searingtown
Drove alone	59.6%	68.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.3%
Public transit	12.6%	6.3%
Walked	1.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	14.1%
Other means	3.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Island Park	Searingtown
1-unit, detached	44.7%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	42.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Island Park	Searingtown
Poverty rate	11.8%	2.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	36	35
Median year structure built	1958	1962