Centereach vs Lindenhurst

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

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

Centereach has the higher population (31,501 vs 27,106 in Lindenhurst). Lindenhurst has the higher median household income ($129,033 vs $127,106 in Centereach). Lindenhurst has the higher median home value ($484,800 vs $471,300 in Centereach).

Population, income & housing

	Centereach	Lindenhurst
Population	31,501	27,106
Median age	38.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$127,106	$129,033
Median home value	$471,300	$484,800
Median gross rent	$2,398	$2,099
Housing units	10,464	9,069
Homeownership rate	85.0%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centereach	Lindenhurst
Population	31,493 → 31,501 (+0.0%)	26,979 → 27,106 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$107,184 → $127,106 (+18.6%)	$97,253 → $129,033 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$346,300 → $471,300 (+36.1%)	$367,000 → $484,800 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,956 → $2,398 (+22.6%)	$1,678 → $2,099 (+25.1%)

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

Lindenhurst

Population

26,97927,106

Median household income

$97,253$129,033

Median home value

$367,000$484,800

Median gross rent

$1,678$2,099

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centereach	Lindenhurst
Under 5	6.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.8%
75 and over	7.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centereach	Lindenhurst
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	74.4%
Black or African American	6.3%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.8%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centereach	Lindenhurst
No high school diploma	7.1%	8.3%
High school graduate	28.3%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centereach	Lindenhurst
Drove alone	77.5%	74.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.3%
Public transit	2.3%	6.2%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.6%	8.6%
Other means	1.9%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centereach	Lindenhurst
1-unit, detached	89.2%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.4%
20 or more units	4.5%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Centereach	Lindenhurst
Poverty rate	5.4%	5.1%
Average household size	3.24	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1969	1957