Amityville vs South Huntington

A side-by-side comparison of Amityville and South Huntington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Huntington has the higher population (10,150 vs 9,513 in Amityville). South Huntington has the higher median household income ($151,078 vs $103,684 in Amityville). South Huntington has the higher median home value ($614,200 vs $539,600 in Amityville).

Population, income & housing

	Amityville	South Huntington
Population	9,513	10,150
Median age	51.0 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$103,684	$151,078
Median home value	$539,600	$614,200
Median gross rent	$2,148	$1,698
Housing units	3,938	3,538
Homeownership rate	70.5%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	54.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amityville	South Huntington
Population	9,443 → 9,513 (+0.7%)	10,322 → 10,150 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$95,865 → $103,684 (+8.2%)	$115,978 → $151,078 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$409,600 → $539,600 (+31.7%)	$434,800 → $614,200 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,651 → $2,148 (+30.1%)	$1,846 → $1,698 (-8.0%)

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

South Huntington

Population

10,32210,150

Median household income

$115,978$151,078

Median home value

$434,800$614,200

Median gross rent

$1,846$1,698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amityville	South Huntington
Under 5	2.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	7.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	13.7%	8.2%
75 and over	14.9%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amityville	South Huntington
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	71.6%
Black or African American	4.8%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	9.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amityville	South Huntington
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	23.5%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amityville	South Huntington
Drove alone	73.9%	70.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.4%
Public transit	9.5%	6.9%
Walked	0.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amityville	South Huntington
1-unit, detached	55.4%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.3%
20 or more units	8.9%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Amityville	South Huntington
Poverty rate	9.3%	3.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1961	1958