Dix Hills vs Smithtown

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

Dix Hills and Smithtown 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 24,940 in Smithtown). Dix Hills has the higher median household income ($219,636 vs $148,852 in Smithtown). Dix Hills has the higher median home value ($891,400 vs $661,400 in Smithtown).

Population, income & housing

	Dix Hills	Smithtown
Population	25,042	24,940
Median age	46.7 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$219,636	$148,852
Median home value	$891,400	$661,400
Median gross rent	$2,804	$1,851
Housing units	8,019	8,414
Homeownership rate	96.8%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.5%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dix Hills	Smithtown
Population	25,925 → 25,042 (-3.4%)	26,260 → 24,940 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$166,334 → $219,636 (+32.0%)	$137,347 → $148,852 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$730,500 → $891,400 (+22.0%)	$535,300 → $661,400 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,625 → $2,804 (+6.8%)	$1,497 → $1,851 (+23.6%)

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

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)

	Dix Hills	Smithtown
Under 5	4.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	17.0%
55 to 64	17.3%	17.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	8.1%
75 and over	6.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dix Hills	Smithtown
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	80.0%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	15.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dix Hills	Smithtown
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	10.2%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dix Hills	Smithtown
Drove alone	64.5%	74.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.5%
Public transit	8.6%	3.6%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	16.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dix Hills	Smithtown
1-unit, detached	95.4%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Dix Hills	Smithtown
Poverty rate	3.6%	3.9%
Average household size	3.18	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	38	33
Median year structure built	1970	1967