New Hempstead vs Thiells

A side-by-side comparison of New Hempstead and Thiells: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Hempstead has the higher population (5,431 vs 4,539 in Thiells). New Hempstead has the higher median household income ($131,293 vs $126,250 in Thiells). New Hempstead has the higher median home value ($707,300 vs $532,200 in Thiells).

Population, income & housing

	New Hempstead	Thiells
Population	5,431	4,539
Median age	37.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$131,293	$126,250
Median home value	$707,300	$532,200
Median gross rent	$2,409	$1,739
Housing units	1,577	1,565
Homeownership rate	96.7%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.4%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Hempstead	Thiells
Population	5,385 → 5,431 (+0.9%)	4,870 → 4,539 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$117,070 → $131,293 (+12.1%)	$127,891 → $126,250 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$514,400 → $707,300 (+37.5%)	$414,800 → $532,200 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,205 → $2,409 (+9.3%)	$1,857 → $1,739 (-6.4%)

New Hempstead

Population

5,3855,431

Median household income

$117,070$131,293

Median home value

$514,400$707,300

Median gross rent

$2,205$2,409

Thiells

Population

4,8704,539

Median household income

$127,891$126,250

Median home value

$414,800$532,200

Median gross rent

$1,857$1,739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Hempstead	Thiells
Under 5	5.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	20.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	11.5%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	15.7%
35 to 44	14.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	8.5%	17.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.2%
75 and over	10.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Hempstead	Thiells
White (non-Hispanic)	58.3%	61.6%
Black or African American	9.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.0%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	28.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Hempstead	Thiells
No high school diploma	8.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	20.4%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Hempstead	Thiells
Drove alone	73.2%	71.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	12.8%
Public transit	8.6%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	9.5%
Other means	2.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Hempstead	Thiells
1-unit, detached	92.5%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
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

	New Hempstead	Thiells
Poverty rate	2.7%	3.2%
Average household size	3.70	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1966	1975