Centereach vs Huntington Station

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

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

Huntington Station has the higher population (33,283 vs 31,501 in Centereach). Huntington Station has the higher median household income ($129,121 vs $127,106 in Centereach). Huntington Station has the higher median home value ($540,400 vs $471,300 in Centereach).

Population, income & housing

	Centereach	Huntington Station
Population	31,501	33,283
Median age	38.4 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$127,106	$129,121
Median home value	$471,300	$540,400
Median gross rent	$2,398	$1,867
Housing units	10,464	11,608
Homeownership rate	85.0%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centereach	Huntington Station
Population	31,493 → 31,501 (+0.0%)	32,866 → 33,283 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$107,184 → $127,106 (+18.6%)	$93,400 → $129,121 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$346,300 → $471,300 (+36.1%)	$376,500 → $540,400 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,956 → $2,398 (+22.6%)	$1,693 → $1,867 (+10.3%)

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

Huntington Station

Population

32,86633,283

Median household income

$93,400$129,121

Median home value

$376,500$540,400

Median gross rent

$1,693$1,867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centereach	Huntington Station
Under 5	6.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.0%
75 and over	7.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centereach	Huntington Station
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	51.0%
Black or African American	6.3%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	6.8%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	3.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	30.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centereach	Huntington Station
No high school diploma	7.1%	15.3%
High school graduate	28.3%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centereach	Huntington Station
Drove alone	77.5%	64.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.1%
Public transit	2.3%	9.8%
Walked	0.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.1%
Worked from home	9.6%	10.4%
Other means	1.9%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centereach	Huntington Station
1-unit, detached	89.2%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Centereach	Huntington Station
Poverty rate	5.4%	10.2%
Average household size	3.24	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1969	1960