Jericho vs South Farmingdale

A side-by-side comparison of Jericho and South Farmingdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Farmingdale has the higher population (14,953 vs 14,117 in Jericho). Jericho has the higher median household income ($180,072 vs $162,527 in South Farmingdale). Jericho has the higher median home value ($923,600 vs $584,400 in South Farmingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Jericho	South Farmingdale
Population	14,117	14,953
Median age	44.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$180,072	$162,527
Median home value	$923,600	$584,400
Median gross rent	$3,098	$2,642
Housing units	4,473	4,693
Homeownership rate	81.7%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.7%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jericho	South Farmingdale
Population	13,889 → 14,117 (+1.6%)	15,229 → 14,953 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$173,709 → $180,072 (+3.7%)	$124,073 → $162,527 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$797,400 → $923,600 (+15.8%)	$426,000 → $584,400 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,008 → $3,098 (+54.3%)	$2,244 → $2,642 (+17.7%)

Jericho

Population

13,88914,117

Median household income

$173,709$180,072

Median home value

$797,400$923,600

Median gross rent

$2,008$3,098

South Farmingdale

Population

15,22914,953

Median household income

$124,073$162,527

Median home value

$426,000$584,400

Median gross rent

$2,244$2,642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jericho	South Farmingdale
Under 5	4.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	7.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	16.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	17.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.1%
75 and over	8.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jericho	South Farmingdale
White (non-Hispanic)	44.0%	74.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	46.3%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jericho	South Farmingdale
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	14.8%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	10.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	36.1%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jericho	South Farmingdale
Drove alone	57.0%	74.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.7%
Public transit	15.3%	7.8%
Walked	0.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	11.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jericho	South Farmingdale
1-unit, detached	68.0%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.2%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jericho	South Farmingdale
Poverty rate	6.0%	3.9%
Average household size	3.24	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	42	36
Median year structure built	1961	1956