New Hempstead vs Wesley Hills

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

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

Wesley Hills has the higher population (6,150 vs 5,431 in New Hempstead). Wesley Hills has the higher median household income ($179,000 vs $131,293 in New Hempstead). Wesley Hills has the higher median home value ($893,200 vs $707,300 in New Hempstead).

Population, income & housing

	New Hempstead	Wesley Hills
Population	5,431	6,150
Median age	37.3 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$131,293	$179,000
Median home value	$707,300	$893,200
Median gross rent	$2,409	$1,844
Housing units	1,577	1,680
Homeownership rate	96.7%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.4%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Hempstead	Wesley Hills
Population	5,385 → 5,431 (+0.9%)	5,885 → 6,150 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$117,070 → $131,293 (+12.1%)	$124,487 → $179,000 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$514,400 → $707,300 (+37.5%)	$666,000 → $893,200 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,205 → $2,409 (+9.3%)	$1,719 → $1,844 (+7.3%)

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

Wesley Hills

Population

5,8856,150

Median household income

$124,487$179,000

Median home value

$666,000$893,200

Median gross rent

$1,719$1,844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Hempstead	Wesley Hills
Under 5	5.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	23.5%
18 to 24	11.5%	12.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	8.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.2%
75 and over	10.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Hempstead	Wesley Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	58.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	9.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	7.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Hempstead	Wesley Hills
No high school diploma	8.7%	2.6%
High school graduate	20.4%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	35.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Hempstead	Wesley Hills
Drove alone	73.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.3%
Public transit	8.6%	4.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	13.2%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Hempstead	Wesley Hills
1-unit, detached	92.5%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
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	Wesley Hills
Poverty rate	2.7%	5.5%
Average household size	3.70	3.80
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1966	1974