Hauppauge vs North Bay Shore

A side-by-side comparison of Hauppauge and North Bay Shore: population, income, housing, and more.

Hauppauge and North Bay Shore 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 20,501 in North Bay Shore). Hauppauge has the higher median household income ($145,987 vs $117,893 in North Bay Shore). Hauppauge has the higher median home value ($634,700 vs $449,900 in North Bay Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Hauppauge	North Bay Shore
Population	20,772	20,501
Median age	43.4 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$145,987	$117,893
Median home value	$634,700	$449,900
Median gross rent	$2,726	$1,664
Housing units	7,216	4,847
Homeownership rate	85.2%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.9%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hauppauge	North Bay Shore
Population	20,005 → 20,772 (+3.8%)	21,679 → 20,501 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$116,124 → $145,987 (+25.7%)	$89,275 → $117,893 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$486,200 → $634,700 (+30.5%)	$298,400 → $449,900 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,219 → $2,726 (+22.8%)	$1,709 → $1,664 (-2.6%)

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

North Bay Shore

Population

21,67920,501

Median household income

$89,275$117,893

Median home value

$298,400$449,900

Median gross rent

$1,709$1,664

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hauppauge	North Bay Shore
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	16.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.3%
75 and over	7.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hauppauge	North Bay Shore
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	11.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	8.7%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	4.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	66.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hauppauge	North Bay Shore
No high school diploma	6.3%	26.5%
High school graduate	18.8%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hauppauge	North Bay Shore
Drove alone	80.1%	72.6%
Carpooled	3.2%	12.6%
Public transit	3.8%	4.7%
Walked	0.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	1.8%
Other means	1.5%	7.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hauppauge	North Bay Shore
1-unit, detached	76.1%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.9%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Hauppauge	North Bay Shore
Poverty rate	4.3%	6.7%
Average household size	2.95	4.53
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1969	1967