Centereach vs West Babylon

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

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

West Babylon has the higher population (43,239 vs 31,501 in Centereach). West Babylon has the higher median household income ($127,785 vs $127,106 in Centereach). West Babylon has the higher median home value ($490,500 vs $471,300 in Centereach).

Population, income & housing

	Centereach	West Babylon
Population	31,501	43,239
Median age	38.4 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$127,106	$127,785
Median home value	$471,300	$490,500
Median gross rent	$2,398	$2,136
Housing units	10,464	14,456
Homeownership rate	85.0%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centereach	West Babylon
Population	31,493 → 31,501 (+0.0%)	42,665 → 43,239 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$107,184 → $127,106 (+18.6%)	$100,470 → $127,785 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$346,300 → $471,300 (+36.1%)	$358,200 → $490,500 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,956 → $2,398 (+22.6%)	$1,796 → $2,136 (+18.9%)

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

West Babylon

Population

42,66543,239

Median household income

$100,470$127,785

Median home value

$358,200$490,500

Median gross rent

$1,796$2,136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centereach	West Babylon
Under 5	6.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.9%
75 and over	7.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centereach	West Babylon
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	64.5%
Black or African American	6.3%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centereach	West Babylon
No high school diploma	7.1%	9.8%
High school graduate	28.3%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centereach	West Babylon
Drove alone	77.5%	74.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.7%
Public transit	2.3%	5.5%
Walked	0.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.6%	10.0%
Other means	1.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centereach	West Babylon
1-unit, detached	89.2%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.6%
20 or more units	4.5%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Centereach	West Babylon
Poverty rate	5.4%	5.4%
Average household size	3.24	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1969	1961