Centereach vs Coram

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

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

Coram has the higher population (41,527 vs 31,501 in Centereach). Centereach has the higher median household income ($127,106 vs $107,159 in Coram). Centereach has the higher median home value ($471,300 vs $425,300 in Coram).

Population, income & housing

	Centereach	Coram
Population	31,501	41,527
Median age	38.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$127,106	$107,159
Median home value	$471,300	$425,300
Median gross rent	$2,398	$2,529
Housing units	10,464	16,235
Homeownership rate	85.0%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centereach	Coram
Population	31,493 → 31,501 (+0.0%)	40,311 → 41,527 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$107,184 → $127,106 (+18.6%)	$84,022 → $107,159 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$346,300 → $471,300 (+36.1%)	$323,600 → $425,300 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,956 → $2,398 (+22.6%)	$2,013 → $2,529 (+25.6%)

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

Coram

Population

40,31141,527

Median household income

$84,022$107,159

Median home value

$323,600$425,300

Median gross rent

$2,013$2,529

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centereach	Coram
Under 5	6.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	11.0%
75 and over	7.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centereach	Coram
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	55.7%
Black or African American	6.3%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.8%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centereach	Coram
No high school diploma	7.1%	8.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centereach	Coram
Drove alone	77.5%	80.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.2%
Public transit	2.3%	3.8%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	7.4%
Other means	1.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centereach	Coram
1-unit, detached	89.2%	52.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	16.6%
20 or more units	4.5%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Centereach	Coram
Poverty rate	5.4%	8.6%
Average household size	3.24	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1969	1980