Dix Hills vs Medford

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

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

Medford has the higher population (25,681 vs 25,042 in Dix Hills). Dix Hills has the higher median household income ($219,636 vs $128,631 in Medford). Dix Hills has the higher median home value ($891,400 vs $444,500 in Medford).

Population, income & housing

	Dix Hills	Medford
Population	25,042	25,681
Median age	46.7 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$219,636	$128,631
Median home value	$891,400	$444,500
Median gross rent	$2,804	$2,404
Housing units	8,019	8,325
Homeownership rate	96.8%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.5%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dix Hills	Medford
Population	25,925 → 25,042 (-3.4%)	24,406 → 25,681 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$166,334 → $219,636 (+32.0%)	$95,603 → $128,631 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$730,500 → $891,400 (+22.0%)	$324,800 → $444,500 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,625 → $2,804 (+6.8%)	$2,057 → $2,404 (+16.9%)

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

Medford

Population

24,40625,681

Median household income

$95,603$128,631

Median home value

$324,800$444,500

Median gross rent

$2,057$2,404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dix Hills	Medford
Under 5	4.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	8.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	15.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	17.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.9%
75 and over	6.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dix Hills	Medford
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	57.0%
Black or African American	5.1%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.4%
Asian	15.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dix Hills	Medford
No high school diploma	4.3%	10.4%
High school graduate	10.2%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dix Hills	Medford
Drove alone	64.5%	73.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	11.6%
Public transit	8.6%	6.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	8.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dix Hills	Medford
1-unit, detached	95.4%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Dix Hills	Medford
Poverty rate	3.6%	5.6%
Average household size	3.18	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	38	34
Median year structure built	1970	1975