Centereach vs Commack

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

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

Commack has the higher population (36,353 vs 31,501 in Centereach). Commack has the higher median household income ($170,375 vs $127,106 in Centereach). Commack has the higher median home value ($647,000 vs $471,300 in Centereach).

Population, income & housing

	Centereach	Commack
Population	31,501	36,353
Median age	38.4 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$127,106	$170,375
Median home value	$471,300	$647,000
Median gross rent	$2,398	$2,396
Housing units	10,464	11,915
Homeownership rate	85.0%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	59.5%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centereach	Commack
Population	31,493 → 31,501 (+0.0%)	36,953 → 36,353 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$107,184 → $127,106 (+18.6%)	$138,098 → $170,375 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$346,300 → $471,300 (+36.1%)	$495,000 → $647,000 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,956 → $2,398 (+22.6%)	$1,839 → $2,396 (+30.3%)

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

Commack

Population

36,95336,353

Median household income

$138,098$170,375

Median home value

$495,000$647,000

Median gross rent

$1,839$2,396

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centereach	Commack
Under 5	6.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.5%
75 and over	7.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centereach	Commack
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	80.6%
Black or African American	6.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centereach	Commack
No high school diploma	7.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	28.3%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	30.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	28.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centereach	Commack
Drove alone	77.5%	72.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	4.8%
Public transit	2.3%	5.5%
Walked	0.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	16.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centereach	Commack
1-unit, detached	89.2%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	4.5%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Centereach	Commack
Poverty rate	5.4%	3.4%
Average household size	3.24	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1969	1964