Hauppauge vs Huntington

A side-by-side comparison of Hauppauge and Huntington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hauppauge has the higher population (20,772 vs 20,117 in Huntington). Huntington has the higher median household income ($162,066 vs $145,987 in Hauppauge). Huntington has the higher median home value ($733,000 vs $634,700 in Hauppauge).

Population, income & housing

	Hauppauge	Huntington
Population	20,772	20,117
Median age	43.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$145,987	$162,066
Median home value	$634,700	$733,000
Median gross rent	$2,726	$2,347
Housing units	7,216	8,392
Homeownership rate	85.2%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.9%	67.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hauppauge	Huntington
Population	20,005 → 20,772 (+3.8%)	17,420 → 20,117 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$116,124 → $145,987 (+25.7%)	$123,797 → $162,066 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$486,200 → $634,700 (+30.5%)	$615,000 → $733,000 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,219 → $2,726 (+22.8%)	$1,990 → $2,347 (+17.9%)

Hauppauge

Population

20,00520,772

Median household income

$116,124$145,987

Median home value

$486,200$634,700

Median gross rent

$2,219$2,726

Huntington

Population

17,42020,117

Median household income

$123,797$162,066

Median home value

$615,000$733,000

Median gross rent

$1,990$2,347

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hauppauge	Huntington
Under 5	5.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	14.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	17.6%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.8%
75 and over	7.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hauppauge	Huntington
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	85.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.7%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hauppauge	Huntington
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	18.8%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	35.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hauppauge	Huntington
Drove alone	80.1%	63.7%
Carpooled	3.2%	2.1%
Public transit	3.8%	11.1%
Walked	0.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.3%	20.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hauppauge	Huntington
1-unit, detached	76.1%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hauppauge	Huntington
Poverty rate	4.3%	4.8%
Average household size	2.95	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1969	1956