Babylon vs Patchogue

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

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

Patchogue has the higher population (12,368 vs 12,182 in Babylon). Babylon has the higher median household income ($143,856 vs $104,423 in Patchogue). Babylon has the higher median home value ($622,100 vs $446,700 in Patchogue).

Population, income & housing

	Babylon	Patchogue
Population	12,182	12,368
Median age	44.9 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$143,856	$104,423
Median home value	$622,100	$446,700
Median gross rent	$2,359	$2,191
Housing units	4,819	5,685
Homeownership rate	80.9%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babylon	Patchogue
Population	12,056 → 12,182 (+1.0%)	12,384 → 12,368 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$131,134 → $143,856 (+9.7%)	$71,235 → $104,423 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$475,400 → $622,100 (+30.9%)	$319,300 → $446,700 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,058 → $2,359 (+14.6%)	$1,525 → $2,191 (+43.7%)

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

Patchogue

Population

12,38412,368

Median household income

$71,235$104,423

Median home value

$319,300$446,700

Median gross rent

$1,525$2,191

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babylon	Patchogue
Under 5	6.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	11.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	22.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	16.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	16.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	8.4%
75 and over	7.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babylon	Patchogue
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	62.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babylon	Patchogue
No high school diploma	3.1%	12.3%
High school graduate	16.7%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babylon	Patchogue
Drove alone	67.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.8%
Public transit	7.4%	7.4%
Walked	2.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	18.9%	7.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babylon	Patchogue
1-unit, detached	74.7%	49.7%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	16.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Babylon	Patchogue
Poverty rate	3.2%	8.1%
Average household size	2.60	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1955	1966