Holtsville vs Lake Ronkonkoma

A side-by-side comparison of Holtsville and Lake Ronkonkoma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Holtsville has the higher population (19,250 vs 18,289 in Lake Ronkonkoma). Holtsville has the higher median household income ($130,851 vs $102,608 in Lake Ronkonkoma). Lake Ronkonkoma has the higher median home value ($484,700 vs $483,400 in Holtsville).

Population, income & housing

	Holtsville	Lake Ronkonkoma
Population	19,250	18,289
Median age	39.7 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$130,851	$102,608
Median home value	$483,400	$484,700
Median gross rent	$2,192	$1,906
Housing units	6,541	7,062
Homeownership rate	83.8%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holtsville	Lake Ronkonkoma
Population	19,479 → 19,250 (-1.2%)	20,667 → 18,289 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$106,556 → $130,851 (+22.8%)	$95,080 → $102,608 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$362,600 → $483,400 (+33.3%)	$366,400 → $484,700 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,674 → $2,192 (+30.9%)	$1,693 → $1,906 (+12.6%)

Holtsville

Population

19,47919,250

Median household income

$106,556$130,851

Median home value

$362,600$483,400

Median gross rent

$1,674$2,192

Lake Ronkonkoma

Population

20,66718,289

Median household income

$95,080$102,608

Median home value

$366,400$484,700

Median gross rent

$1,693$1,906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holtsville	Lake Ronkonkoma
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	16.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.3%
75 and over	5.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holtsville	Lake Ronkonkoma
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	69.9%
Black or African American	5.2%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holtsville	Lake Ronkonkoma
No high school diploma	10.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	27.0%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holtsville	Lake Ronkonkoma
Drove alone	79.4%	77.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.8%
Public transit	6.4%	3.9%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	9.7%
Other means	1.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holtsville	Lake Ronkonkoma
1-unit, detached	74.1%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	6.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Holtsville	Lake Ronkonkoma
Poverty rate	3.4%	8.5%
Average household size	3.01	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1976	1969