Farmingville vs Islip

A side-by-side comparison of Farmingville and Islip: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Islip has the higher population (17,224 vs 16,605 in Farmingville). Farmingville has the higher median household income ($129,920 vs $122,596 in Islip). Islip has the higher median home value ($486,900 vs $444,300 in Farmingville).

Population, income & housing

	Farmingville	Islip
Population	16,605	17,224
Median age	35.3 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$129,920	$122,596
Median home value	$444,300	$486,900
Median gross rent	$2,475	$2,192
Housing units	5,183	6,373
Homeownership rate	85.1%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmingville	Islip
Population	15,714 → 16,605 (+5.7%)	17,853 → 17,224 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$110,246 → $129,920 (+17.8%)	$110,387 → $122,596 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$349,400 → $444,300 (+27.2%)	$378,600 → $486,900 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,587 → $2,475 (+56.0%)	$1,620 → $2,192 (+35.3%)

Farmingville

Population

15,71416,605

Median household income

$110,246$129,920

Median home value

$349,400$444,300

Median gross rent

$1,587$2,475

Islip

Population

17,85317,224

Median household income

$110,387$122,596

Median home value

$378,600$486,900

Median gross rent

$1,620$2,192

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmingville	Islip
Under 5	7.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	11.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	18.2%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.9%
75 and over	5.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmingville	Islip
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	70.7%
Black or African American	4.6%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmingville	Islip
No high school diploma	12.9%	13.0%
High school graduate	29.9%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmingville	Islip
Drove alone	80.7%	78.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.9%
Public transit	4.6%	3.6%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.7%	8.2%
Other means	2.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmingville	Islip
1-unit, detached	91.8%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	3.2%
20 or more units	2.6%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Farmingville	Islip
Poverty rate	5.7%	5.8%
Average household size	3.35	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1970	1965