Flanders vs Yaphank

A side-by-side comparison of Flanders and Yaphank: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Flanders has the higher population (6,388 vs 6,140 in Yaphank). Yaphank has the higher median household income ($111,375 vs $91,806 in Flanders). Yaphank has the higher median home value ($421,100 vs $387,100 in Flanders).

Population, income & housing

	Flanders	Yaphank
Population	6,388	6,140
Median age	35.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,806	$111,375
Median home value	$387,100	$421,100
Median gross rent	$2,239	$2,831
Housing units	2,291	2,839
Homeownership rate	63.8%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flanders	Yaphank
Population	5,750 → 6,388 (+11.1%)	6,338 → 6,140 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$87,311 → $91,806 (+5.1%)	$101,250 → $111,375 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$293,300 → $387,100 (+32.0%)	$328,600 → $421,100 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,889 → $2,239 (+18.5%)	$2,150 → $2,831 (+31.7%)

Flanders

Population

5,7506,388

Median household income

$87,311$91,806

Median home value

$293,300$387,100

Median gross rent

$1,889$2,239

Yaphank

Population

6,3386,140

Median household income

$101,250$111,375

Median home value

$328,600$421,100

Median gross rent

$2,150$2,831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flanders	Yaphank
Under 5	12.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	19.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.3%
45 to 54	6.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.5%	17.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.2%
75 and over	6.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flanders	Yaphank
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	79.9%
Black or African American	5.4%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	47.1%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flanders	Yaphank
No high school diploma	29.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	32.6%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flanders	Yaphank
Drove alone	72.8%	78.5%
Carpooled	20.3%	12.6%
Public transit	3.8%	2.3%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	6.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flanders	Yaphank
1-unit, detached	94.0%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	25.4%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flanders	Yaphank
Poverty rate	23.9%	5.1%
Average household size	2.97	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1974	1986