Manhasset vs Williston Park

A side-by-side comparison of Manhasset and Williston Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Manhasset has the higher population (7,730 vs 7,508 in Williston Park). Manhasset has the higher median household income ($180,776 vs $152,656 in Williston Park). Manhasset has the higher median home value ($1,338,700 vs $731,700 in Williston Park).

Population, income & housing

	Manhasset	Williston Park
Population	7,730	7,508
Median age	44.7 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$180,776	$152,656
Median home value	$1,338,700	$731,700
Median gross rent	$1,798	$2,146
Housing units	2,796	2,550
Homeownership rate	75.3%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.2%	51.5%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manhasset	Williston Park
Population	7,985 → 7,730 (-3.2%)	7,277 → 7,508 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$177,321 → $180,776 (+1.9%)	$112,114 → $152,656 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$1,109,400 → $1,338,700 (+20.7%)	$565,200 → $731,700 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,413 → $1,798 (+27.2%)	$1,880 → $2,146 (+14.1%)

Manhasset

Population

7,9857,730

Median household income

$177,321$180,776

Median home value

$1,109,400$1,338,700

Median gross rent

$1,413$1,798

Williston Park

Population

7,2777,508

Median household income

$112,114$152,656

Median home value

$565,200$731,700

Median gross rent

$1,880$2,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manhasset	Williston Park
Under 5	2.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	20.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	14.9%
45 to 54	20.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.8%
75 and over	7.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manhasset	Williston Park
White (non-Hispanic)	52.9%	64.3%
Black or African American	13.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.5%	17.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manhasset	Williston Park
No high school diploma	3.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	15.3%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	12.8%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	36.5%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manhasset	Williston Park
Drove alone	55.8%	63.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	9.6%
Public transit	22.6%	15.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	8.4%
Other means	0.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manhasset	Williston Park
1-unit, detached	71.7%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	15.2%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Manhasset	Williston Park
Poverty rate	3.4%	3.5%
Average household size	2.86	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	37	38
Median year structure built	1941	1938