Coram vs West Babylon

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

Coram 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 41,527 in Coram). West Babylon has the higher median household income ($127,785 vs $107,159 in Coram). West Babylon has the higher median home value ($490,500 vs $425,300 in Coram).

Population, income & housing

	Coram	West Babylon
Population	41,527	43,239
Median age	42.1 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$107,159	$127,785
Median home value	$425,300	$490,500
Median gross rent	$2,529	$2,136
Housing units	16,235	14,456
Homeownership rate	68.4%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coram	West Babylon
Population	40,311 → 41,527 (+3.0%)	42,665 → 43,239 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$84,022 → $107,159 (+27.5%)	$100,470 → $127,785 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$323,600 → $425,300 (+31.4%)	$358,200 → $490,500 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,013 → $2,529 (+25.6%)	$1,796 → $2,136 (+18.9%)

Coram

Population

40,31141,527

Median household income

$84,022$107,159

Median home value

$323,600$425,300

Median gross rent

$2,013$2,529

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)

	Coram	West Babylon
Under 5	6.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.9%
75 and over	6.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coram	West Babylon
White (non-Hispanic)	55.7%	64.5%
Black or African American	12.2%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coram	West Babylon
No high school diploma	8.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	26.4%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coram	West Babylon
Drove alone	80.4%	74.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	5.7%
Public transit	3.8%	5.5%
Walked	0.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.4%	10.0%
Other means	1.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coram	West Babylon
1-unit, detached	52.9%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	4.6%
20 or more units	7.4%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Coram	West Babylon
Poverty rate	8.6%	5.4%
Average household size	2.66	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1980	1961