Old Westbury vs Searingtown

A side-by-side comparison of Old Westbury and Searingtown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Searingtown has the higher population (4,786 vs 4,320 in Old Westbury). Old Westbury has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $215,817 in Searingtown). Old Westbury has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,073,000 in Searingtown).

Population, income & housing

	Old Westbury	Searingtown
Population	4,320	4,786
Median age	28.7 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$215,817
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,073,000
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	1,132	1,630
Homeownership rate	93.3%	97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.0%	74.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Westbury	Searingtown
Population	4,670 → 4,320 (-7.5%)	4,593 → 4,786 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$220,048 → $250,001 (+13.6%)	$161,188 → $215,817 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$1,856,900 → $2,000,001 (+7.7%)	$868,400 → $1,073,000 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	—

Old Westbury

Population

4,6704,320

Median household income

$220,048$250,001

Median home value

$1,856,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Searingtown

Population

4,5934,786

Median household income

$161,188$215,817

Median home value

$868,400$1,073,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Westbury	Searingtown
Under 5	1.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	11.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	34.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	8.8%
35 to 44	5.5%	7.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	16.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	19.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	12.6%
75 and over	7.7%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Westbury	Searingtown
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	36.5%
Black or African American	6.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.6%	52.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.6%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Westbury	Searingtown
No high school diploma	2.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	8.7%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	38.8%	38.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Westbury	Searingtown
Drove alone	52.4%	68.3%
Carpooled	4.9%	8.3%
Public transit	9.8%	6.3%
Walked	9.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	14.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Westbury	Searingtown
1-unit, detached	93.6%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Old Westbury	Searingtown
Poverty rate	5.0%	2.7%
Average household size	3.07	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1969	1962