Muttontown vs South Hempstead

A side-by-side comparison of Muttontown and South Hempstead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Muttontown has the higher population (3,496 vs 3,350 in South Hempstead). Muttontown has the higher median household income ($247,589 vs $175,741 in South Hempstead). Muttontown has the higher median home value ($1,876,900 vs $595,400 in South Hempstead).

Population, income & housing

	Muttontown	South Hempstead
Population	3,496	3,350
Median age	44.7 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$247,589	$175,741
Median home value	$1,876,900	$595,400
Median gross rent	—	$2,588
Housing units	1,179	1,166
Homeownership rate	95.9%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.3%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muttontown	South Hempstead
Population	3,669 → 3,496 (-4.7%)	3,184 → 3,350 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$212,950 → $247,589 (+16.3%)	$121,597 → $175,741 (+44.5%)
Median home value	$1,583,700 → $1,876,900 (+18.5%)	$434,500 → $595,400 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,522 → $2,588 (+2.6%)

Muttontown

Population

3,6693,496

Median household income

$212,950$247,589

Median home value

$1,583,700$1,876,900

South Hempstead

Population

3,1843,350

Median household income

$121,597$175,741

Median home value

$434,500$595,400

Median gross rent

$2,522$2,588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muttontown	South Hempstead
Under 5	5.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	21.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	19.2%	19.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.0%
75 and over	6.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muttontown	South Hempstead
White (non-Hispanic)	53.4%	57.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	21.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	36.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muttontown	South Hempstead
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	3.8%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	41.4%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muttontown	South Hempstead
Drove alone	54.8%	62.2%
Carpooled	15.6%	8.1%
Public transit	8.0%	13.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	13.3%
Other means	0.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muttontown	South Hempstead
1-unit, detached	99.3%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Muttontown	South Hempstead
Poverty rate	2.9%	1.3%
Average household size	3.16	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1977	1953