Copiague vs Dix Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Copiague and Dix Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dix Hills has the higher population (25,042 vs 23,332 in Copiague). Dix Hills has the higher median household income ($219,636 vs $121,098 in Copiague). Dix Hills has the higher median home value ($891,400 vs $463,300 in Copiague).

Population, income & housing

	Copiague	Dix Hills
Population	23,332	25,042
Median age	37.3 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$121,098	$219,636
Median home value	$463,300	$891,400
Median gross rent	$2,003	$2,804
Housing units	7,472	8,019
Homeownership rate	78.6%	96.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	64.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copiague	Dix Hills
Population	23,561 → 23,332 (-1.0%)	25,925 → 25,042 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$82,258 → $121,098 (+47.2%)	$166,334 → $219,636 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$328,600 → $463,300 (+41.0%)	$730,500 → $891,400 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,643 → $2,003 (+21.9%)	$2,625 → $2,804 (+6.8%)

Copiague

Population

23,56123,332

Median household income

$82,258$121,098

Median home value

$328,600$463,300

Median gross rent

$1,643$2,003

Dix Hills

Population

25,92525,042

Median household income

$166,334$219,636

Median home value

$730,500$891,400

Median gross rent

$2,625$2,804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copiague	Dix Hills
Under 5	7.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	8.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	17.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	12.4%
75 and over	4.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copiague	Dix Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	67.3%
Black or African American	6.8%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.9%
Asian	2.8%	15.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	44.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copiague	Dix Hills
No high school diploma	14.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	29.9%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	35.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copiague	Dix Hills
Drove alone	68.7%	64.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.0%
Public transit	7.2%	8.6%
Walked	2.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	18.9%
Other means	2.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copiague	Dix Hills
1-unit, detached	76.6%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Copiague	Dix Hills
Poverty rate	8.1%	3.6%
Average household size	3.32	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1963	1970