Long Beach vs Oceanside

A side-by-side comparison of Long Beach and Oceanside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Long Beach has the higher population (34,741 vs 31,907 in Oceanside). Oceanside has the higher median household income ($145,282 vs $130,795 in Long Beach). Long Beach has the higher median home value ($661,500 vs $626,700 in Oceanside).

Population, income & housing

	Long Beach	Oceanside
Population	34,741	31,907
Median age	45.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$130,795	$145,282
Median home value	$661,500	$626,700
Median gross rent	$2,377	$2,118
Housing units	16,471	11,268
Homeownership rate	63.4%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Beach	Oceanside
Population	33,507 → 34,741 (+3.7%)	30,604 → 31,907 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$97,022 → $130,795 (+34.8%)	$118,196 → $145,282 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$508,800 → $661,500 (+30.0%)	$472,100 → $626,700 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,874 → $2,377 (+26.8%)	$1,581 → $2,118 (+34.0%)

Long Beach

Population

33,50734,741

Median household income

$97,022$130,795

Median home value

$508,800$661,500

Median gross rent

$1,874$2,377

Oceanside

Population

30,60431,907

Median household income

$118,196$145,282

Median home value

$472,100$626,700

Median gross rent

$1,581$2,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Beach	Oceanside
Under 5	3.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	9.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	17.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.6%
75 and over	8.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Beach	Oceanside
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	78.1%
Black or African American	4.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Beach	Oceanside
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	20.9%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Beach	Oceanside
Drove alone	60.9%	63.1%
Carpooled	2.9%	7.6%
Public transit	15.7%	11.5%
Walked	3.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.9%	14.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Beach	Oceanside
1-unit, detached	39.6%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	21.4%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	31.9%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Long Beach	Oceanside
Poverty rate	7.1%	2.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	42	36
Median year structure built	1958	1956