Hauppauge vs Selden

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

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

Selden has the higher population (21,707 vs 20,772 in Hauppauge). Hauppauge has the higher median household income ($145,987 vs $111,339 in Selden). Hauppauge has the higher median home value ($634,700 vs $435,700 in Selden).

Population, income & housing

	Hauppauge	Selden
Population	20,772	21,707
Median age	43.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$145,987	$111,339
Median home value	$634,700	$435,700
Median gross rent	$2,726	$2,282
Housing units	7,216	7,180
Homeownership rate	85.2%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.9%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hauppauge	Selden
Population	20,005 → 20,772 (+3.8%)	20,093 → 21,707 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$116,124 → $145,987 (+25.7%)	$95,801 → $111,339 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$486,200 → $634,700 (+30.5%)	$330,100 → $435,700 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,219 → $2,726 (+22.8%)	$1,810 → $2,282 (+26.1%)

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

Selden

Population

20,09321,707

Median household income

$95,801$111,339

Median home value

$330,100$435,700

Median gross rent

$1,810$2,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hauppauge	Selden
Under 5	5.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	9.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.1%
75 and over	7.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hauppauge	Selden
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	61.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	8.7%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hauppauge	Selden
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	18.8%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hauppauge	Selden
Drove alone	80.1%	79.9%
Carpooled	3.2%	7.3%
Public transit	3.8%	2.9%
Walked	0.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	8.3%
Other means	1.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hauppauge	Selden
1-unit, detached	76.1%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hauppauge	Selden
Poverty rate	4.3%	7.5%
Average household size	2.95	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1969	1966