Oceanside vs Uniondale

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

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

Uniondale has the higher population (33,637 vs 31,907 in Oceanside). Oceanside has the higher median household income ($145,282 vs $115,037 in Uniondale). Oceanside has the higher median home value ($626,700 vs $511,300 in Uniondale).

Population, income & housing

	Oceanside	Uniondale
Population	31,907	33,637
Median age	44.6 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$145,282	$115,037
Median home value	$626,700	$511,300
Median gross rent	$2,118	$2,570
Housing units	11,268	9,085
Homeownership rate	92.1%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oceanside	Uniondale
Population	30,604 → 31,907 (+4.3%)	32,007 → 33,637 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$118,196 → $145,282 (+22.9%)	$85,471 → $115,037 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$472,100 → $626,700 (+32.7%)	$361,000 → $511,300 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,581 → $2,118 (+34.0%)	$1,933 → $2,570 (+33.0%)

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

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)

	Oceanside	Uniondale
Under 5	5.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	16.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.0%
75 and over	8.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oceanside	Uniondale
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	16.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	38.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	39.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oceanside	Uniondale
No high school diploma	5.6%	16.0%
High school graduate	25.6%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oceanside	Uniondale
Drove alone	63.1%	59.9%
Carpooled	7.6%	15.0%
Public transit	11.5%	10.7%
Walked	1.8%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	8.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oceanside	Uniondale
1-unit, detached	84.8%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	10.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Oceanside	Uniondale
Poverty rate	2.7%	10.5%
Average household size	2.92	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1956	1956