Babylon vs Stony Brook

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

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

Stony Brook has the higher population (12,827 vs 12,182 in Babylon). Stony Brook has the higher median household income ($162,054 vs $143,856 in Babylon). Babylon has the higher median home value ($622,100 vs $587,300 in Stony Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Babylon	Stony Brook
Population	12,182	12,827
Median age	44.9 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$143,856	$162,054
Median home value	$622,100	$587,300
Median gross rent	$2,359	$2,643
Housing units	4,819	4,964
Homeownership rate	80.9%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babylon	Stony Brook
Population	12,056 → 12,182 (+1.0%)	12,428 → 12,827 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$131,134 → $143,856 (+9.7%)	$120,476 → $162,054 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$475,400 → $622,100 (+30.9%)	$461,800 → $587,300 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,058 → $2,359 (+14.6%)	$2,205 → $2,643 (+19.9%)

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

Stony Brook

Population

12,42812,827

Median household income

$120,476$162,054

Median home value

$461,800$587,300

Median gross rent

$2,205$2,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babylon	Stony Brook
Under 5	6.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.9%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	10.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	8.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	16.2%
55 to 64	16.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.9%
75 and over	7.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babylon	Stony Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	77.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babylon	Stony Brook
No high school diploma	3.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	16.7%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	44.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babylon	Stony Brook
Drove alone	67.4%	71.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.2%
Public transit	7.4%	4.4%
Walked	2.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	18.9%	16.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babylon	Stony Brook
1-unit, detached	74.7%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Babylon	Stony Brook
Poverty rate	3.2%	4.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1955	1966