Babylon vs Mount Sinai

A side-by-side comparison of Babylon and Mount Sinai: population, income, housing, and more.

Babylon and Mount Sinai 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 11,876 in Mount Sinai). Mount Sinai has the higher median household income ($170,188 vs $143,856 in Babylon). Mount Sinai has the higher median home value ($637,700 vs $622,100 in Babylon).

Population, income & housing

	Babylon	Mount Sinai
Population	12,182	11,876
Median age	44.9 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$143,856	$170,188
Median home value	$622,100	$637,700
Median gross rent	$2,359	$3,019
Housing units	4,819	4,100
Homeownership rate	80.9%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	53.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babylon	Mount Sinai
Population	12,056 → 12,182 (+1.0%)	11,101 → 11,876 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$131,134 → $143,856 (+9.7%)	$135,975 → $170,188 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$475,400 → $622,100 (+30.9%)	$454,100 → $637,700 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,058 → $2,359 (+14.6%)	$3,000 → $3,019 (+0.6%)

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

Mount Sinai

Population

11,10111,876

Median household income

$135,975$170,188

Median home value

$454,100$637,700

Median gross rent

$3,000$3,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babylon	Mount Sinai
Under 5	6.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	6.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.2%
75 and over	7.0%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babylon	Mount Sinai
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	79.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babylon	Mount Sinai
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	16.7%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	27.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babylon	Mount Sinai
Drove alone	67.4%	75.6%
Carpooled	3.8%	8.9%
Public transit	7.4%	1.8%
Walked	2.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	12.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babylon	Mount Sinai
1-unit, detached	74.7%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.8%
20 or more units	3.8%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Babylon	Mount Sinai
Poverty rate	3.2%	1.6%
Average household size	2.60	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1955	1985