Central Islip vs Huntington Station

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

Central Islip 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.

Central Islip has the higher population (37,751 vs 33,283 in Huntington Station). Huntington Station has the higher median household income ($129,121 vs $110,166 in Central Islip). Huntington Station has the higher median home value ($540,400 vs $405,000 in Central Islip).

Population, income & housing

	Central Islip	Huntington Station
Population	37,751	33,283
Median age	33.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$110,166	$129,121
Median home value	$405,000	$540,400
Median gross rent	$2,106	$1,867
Housing units	10,660	11,608
Homeownership rate	77.1%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central Islip	Huntington Station
Population	31,205 → 37,751 (+21.0%)	32,866 → 33,283 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$74,458 → $110,166 (+48.0%)	$93,400 → $129,121 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$275,800 → $405,000 (+46.8%)	$376,500 → $540,400 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,690 → $2,106 (+24.6%)	$1,693 → $1,867 (+10.3%)

Central Islip

Population

31,20537,751

Median household income

$74,458$110,166

Median home value

$275,800$405,000

Median gross rent

$1,690$2,106

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)

	Central Islip	Huntington Station
Under 5	6.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	6.0%	10.0%
75 and over	4.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central Islip	Huntington Station
White (non-Hispanic)	15.8%	51.0%
Black or African American	17.4%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	1.8%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	3.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	61.7%	30.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central Islip	Huntington Station
No high school diploma	23.1%	15.3%
High school graduate	33.5%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central Islip	Huntington Station
Drove alone	75.2%	64.1%
Carpooled	12.9%	9.1%
Public transit	3.1%	9.8%
Walked	0.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.1%
Worked from home	6.6%	10.4%
Other means	1.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central Islip	Huntington Station
1-unit, detached	66.8%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	5.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Central Islip	Huntington Station
Poverty rate	9.3%	10.2%
Average household size	3.86	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1969	1960