East Nassau vs Nassau

A side-by-side comparison of East Nassau and Nassau: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nassau has the higher population (1,138 vs 492 in East Nassau). Nassau has the higher median household income ($81,359 vs $58,158 in East Nassau). Nassau has the higher median home value ($229,000 vs $209,100 in East Nassau).

Population, income & housing

	East Nassau	Nassau
Population	492	1,138
Median age	50.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,158	$81,359
Median home value	$209,100	$229,000
Median gross rent	$1,135	$920
Housing units	284	525
Homeownership rate	70.2%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Nassau	Nassau
Population	526 → 492 (-6.5%)	1,062 → 1,138 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$83,889 → $58,158 (-30.7%)	$75,750 → $81,359 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $209,100 (+11.5%)	$162,700 → $229,000 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $1,135 (+53.4%)	$776 → $920 (+18.6%)

East Nassau

Population

526492

Median household income

$83,889$58,158

Median home value

$187,500$209,100

Median gross rent

$740$1,135

Nassau

Population

1,0621,138

Median household income

$75,750$81,359

Median home value

$162,700$229,000

Median gross rent

$776$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Nassau	Nassau
Under 5	6.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	1.4%	15.0%
25 to 34	20.5%	4.6%
35 to 44	4.7%	17.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.3%
55 to 64	17.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	16.7%	12.7%
75 and over	8.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Nassau	Nassau
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Nassau	Nassau
No high school diploma	3.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	31.4%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Nassau	Nassau
Drove alone	79.8%	65.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	20.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Nassau	Nassau
1-unit, detached	86.3%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	21.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Nassau	Nassau
Poverty rate	13.8%	5.3%
Average household size	2.03	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1941	1940