Long Beach vs Uniondale

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

Long Beach and Uniondale 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 33,637 in Uniondale). Long Beach has the higher median household income ($130,795 vs $115,037 in Uniondale). Long Beach has the higher median home value ($661,500 vs $511,300 in Uniondale).

Population, income & housing

	Long Beach	Uniondale
Population	34,741	33,637
Median age	45.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$130,795	$115,037
Median home value	$661,500	$511,300
Median gross rent	$2,377	$2,570
Housing units	16,471	9,085
Homeownership rate	63.4%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Beach	Uniondale
Population	33,507 → 34,741 (+3.7%)	32,007 → 33,637 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$97,022 → $130,795 (+34.8%)	$85,471 → $115,037 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$508,800 → $661,500 (+30.0%)	$361,000 → $511,300 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,874 → $2,377 (+26.8%)	$1,933 → $2,570 (+33.0%)

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

Uniondale

Population

32,00733,637

Median household income

$85,471$115,037

Median home value

$361,000$511,300

Median gross rent

$1,933$2,570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Beach	Uniondale
Under 5	3.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	9.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	16.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	17.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.0%
75 and over	8.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Beach	Uniondale
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	16.0%
Black or African American	4.3%	38.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	39.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Beach	Uniondale
No high school diploma	3.8%	16.0%
High school graduate	20.9%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Beach	Uniondale
Drove alone	60.9%	59.9%
Carpooled	2.9%	15.0%
Public transit	15.7%	10.7%
Walked	3.2%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	8.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Beach	Uniondale
1-unit, detached	39.6%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	21.4%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	31.9%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Long Beach	Uniondale
Poverty rate	7.1%	10.5%
Average household size	2.26	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	42	34
Median year structure built	1958	1956