Babylon vs Miller Place

A side-by-side comparison of Babylon and Miller Place: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Babylon has the higher population (12,182 vs 11,743 in Miller Place). Babylon has the higher median household income ($143,856 vs $141,938 in Miller Place). Babylon has the higher median home value ($622,100 vs $588,100 in Miller Place).

Population, income & housing

	Babylon	Miller Place
Population	12,182	11,743
Median age	44.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$143,856	$141,938
Median home value	$622,100	$588,100
Median gross rent	$2,359	$1,222
Housing units	4,819	4,355
Homeownership rate	80.9%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babylon	Miller Place
Population	12,056 → 12,182 (+1.0%)	12,016 → 11,743 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$131,134 → $143,856 (+9.7%)	$130,341 → $141,938 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$475,400 → $622,100 (+30.9%)	$443,200 → $588,100 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,058 → $2,359 (+14.6%)	$1,812 → $1,222 (-32.6%)

Babylon

Population

12,05612,182

Median household income

$131,134$143,856

Median home value

$475,400$622,100

Median gross rent

$2,058$2,359

Miller Place

Population

12,01611,743

Median household income

$130,341$141,938

Median home value

$443,200$588,100

Median gross rent

$1,812$1,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babylon	Miller Place
Under 5	6.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	12.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.2%
75 and over	7.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babylon	Miller Place
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	80.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	2.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babylon	Miller Place
No high school diploma	3.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	16.7%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babylon	Miller Place
Drove alone	67.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.8%
Public transit	7.4%	0.9%
Walked	2.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	12.3%
Other means	0.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babylon	Miller Place
1-unit, detached	74.7%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Babylon	Miller Place
Poverty rate	3.2%	6.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1955	1978