Babylon vs Ridge

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

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

Ridge has the higher population (12,506 vs 12,182 in Babylon). Babylon has the higher median household income ($143,856 vs $88,266 in Ridge). Babylon has the higher median home value ($622,100 vs $404,900 in Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Babylon	Ridge
Population	12,182	12,506
Median age	44.9 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$143,856	$88,266
Median home value	$622,100	$404,900
Median gross rent	$2,359	$1,984
Housing units	4,819	6,199
Homeownership rate	80.9%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babylon	Ridge
Population	12,056 → 12,182 (+1.0%)	12,854 → 12,506 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$131,134 → $143,856 (+9.7%)	$71,738 → $88,266 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$475,400 → $622,100 (+30.9%)	$298,600 → $404,900 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,058 → $2,359 (+14.6%)	$1,560 → $1,984 (+27.2%)

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

Ridge

Population

12,85412,506

Median household income

$71,738$88,266

Median home value

$298,600$404,900

Median gross rent

$1,560$1,984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babylon	Ridge
Under 5	6.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	18.4%
75 and over	7.0%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babylon	Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	86.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babylon	Ridge
No high school diploma	3.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	16.7%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babylon	Ridge
Drove alone	67.4%	78.6%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.7%
Public transit	7.4%	0.7%
Walked	2.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.9%	15.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babylon	Ridge
1-unit, detached	74.7%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	22.8%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	5.1%
20 or more units	3.8%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Babylon	Ridge
Poverty rate	3.2%	3.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	1955	1979