Amityville vs Fort Salonga

A side-by-side comparison of Amityville and Fort Salonga: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Salonga has the higher population (10,203 vs 9,513 in Amityville). Fort Salonga has the higher median household income ($182,165 vs $103,684 in Amityville). Fort Salonga has the higher median home value ($843,000 vs $539,600 in Amityville).

Population, income & housing

	Amityville	Fort Salonga
Population	9,513	10,203
Median age	51.0 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$103,684	$182,165
Median home value	$539,600	$843,000
Median gross rent	$2,148	$3,330
Housing units	3,938	3,477
Homeownership rate	70.5%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	59.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amityville	Fort Salonga
Population	9,443 → 9,513 (+0.7%)	9,775 → 10,203 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$95,865 → $103,684 (+8.2%)	$158,041 → $182,165 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$409,600 → $539,600 (+31.7%)	$671,400 → $843,000 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,651 → $2,148 (+30.1%)	$2,154 → $3,330 (+54.6%)

Amityville

Population

9,4439,513

Median household income

$95,865$103,684

Median home value

$409,600$539,600

Median gross rent

$1,651$2,148

Fort Salonga

Population

9,77510,203

Median household income

$158,041$182,165

Median home value

$671,400$843,000

Median gross rent

$2,154$3,330

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amityville	Fort Salonga
Under 5	2.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	7.8%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	13.7%	11.4%
75 and over	14.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amityville	Fort Salonga
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	87.9%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amityville	Fort Salonga
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.4%
High school graduate	23.5%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	29.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amityville	Fort Salonga
Drove alone	73.9%	75.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.3%
Public transit	9.5%	4.3%
Walked	0.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amityville	Fort Salonga
1-unit, detached	55.4%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.7%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Amityville	Fort Salonga
Poverty rate	9.3%	2.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1961	1964