Centereach vs Central Islip

A side-by-side comparison of Centereach and Central Islip: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Central Islip has the higher population (37,751 vs 31,501 in Centereach). Centereach has the higher median household income ($127,106 vs $110,166 in Central Islip). Centereach has the higher median home value ($471,300 vs $405,000 in Central Islip).

Population, income & housing

	Centereach	Central Islip
Population	31,501	37,751
Median age	38.4 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$127,106	$110,166
Median home value	$471,300	$405,000
Median gross rent	$2,398	$2,106
Housing units	10,464	10,660
Homeownership rate	85.0%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centereach	Central Islip
Population	31,493 → 31,501 (+0.0%)	31,205 → 37,751 (+21.0%)
Median household income	$107,184 → $127,106 (+18.6%)	$74,458 → $110,166 (+48.0%)
Median home value	$346,300 → $471,300 (+36.1%)	$275,800 → $405,000 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,956 → $2,398 (+22.6%)	$1,690 → $2,106 (+24.6%)

Centereach

Population

31,49331,501

Median household income

$107,184$127,106

Median home value

$346,300$471,300

Median gross rent

$1,956$2,398

Central Islip

Population

31,20537,751

Median household income

$74,458$110,166

Median home value

$275,800$405,000

Median gross rent

$1,690$2,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centereach	Central Islip
Under 5	6.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.0%
75 and over	7.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centereach	Central Islip
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	15.8%
Black or African American	6.3%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	61.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centereach	Central Islip
No high school diploma	7.1%	23.1%
High school graduate	28.3%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centereach	Central Islip
Drove alone	77.5%	75.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.9%
Public transit	2.3%	3.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.6%	6.6%
Other means	1.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centereach	Central Islip
1-unit, detached	89.2%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	8.3%
20 or more units	4.5%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Centereach	Central Islip
Poverty rate	5.4%	9.3%
Average household size	3.24	3.86
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1969	1969