Copiague vs Smithtown

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

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

Smithtown has the higher population (24,940 vs 23,332 in Copiague). Smithtown has the higher median household income ($148,852 vs $121,098 in Copiague). Smithtown has the higher median home value ($661,400 vs $463,300 in Copiague).

Population, income & housing

	Copiague	Smithtown
Population	23,332	24,940
Median age	37.3 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$121,098	$148,852
Median home value	$463,300	$661,400
Median gross rent	$2,003	$1,851
Housing units	7,472	8,414
Homeownership rate	78.6%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copiague	Smithtown
Population	23,561 → 23,332 (-1.0%)	26,260 → 24,940 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$82,258 → $121,098 (+47.2%)	$137,347 → $148,852 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$328,600 → $463,300 (+41.0%)	$535,300 → $661,400 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,643 → $2,003 (+21.9%)	$1,497 → $1,851 (+23.6%)

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

Smithtown

Population

26,26024,940

Median household income

$137,347$148,852

Median home value

$535,300$661,400

Median gross rent

$1,497$1,851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copiague	Smithtown
Under 5	7.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	8.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	17.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	17.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.1%
75 and over	4.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copiague	Smithtown
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	80.0%
Black or African American	6.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	44.0%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copiague	Smithtown
No high school diploma	14.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	29.9%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copiague	Smithtown
Drove alone	68.7%	74.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.5%
Public transit	7.2%	3.6%
Walked	2.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	16.5%
Other means	2.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copiague	Smithtown
1-unit, detached	76.6%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	2.6%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Copiague	Smithtown
Poverty rate	8.1%	3.9%
Average household size	3.32	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1963	1967