Holtsville vs Melville

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

Holtsville and Melville 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 19,187 in Melville). Melville has the higher median household income ($155,675 vs $130,851 in Holtsville). Melville has the higher median home value ($778,400 vs $483,400 in Holtsville).

Population, income & housing

	Holtsville	Melville
Population	19,250	19,187
Median age	39.7 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$130,851	$155,675
Median home value	$483,400	$778,400
Median gross rent	$2,192	$3,501
Housing units	6,541	7,519
Homeownership rate	83.8%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	62.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holtsville	Melville
Population	19,479 → 19,250 (-1.2%)	17,716 → 19,187 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$106,556 → $130,851 (+22.8%)	$127,359 → $155,675 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$362,600 → $483,400 (+33.3%)	$670,400 → $778,400 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,674 → $2,192 (+30.9%)	$2,325 → $3,501 (+50.6%)

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

Melville

Population

17,71619,187

Median household income

$127,359$155,675

Median home value

$670,400$778,400

Median gross rent

$2,325$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holtsville	Melville
Under 5	5.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	12.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	16.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	15.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.6%
75 and over	5.3%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holtsville	Melville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	85.1%
Black or African American	5.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holtsville	Melville
No high school diploma	10.2%	4.9%
High school graduate	27.0%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	33.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holtsville	Melville
Drove alone	79.4%	68.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.0%
Public transit	6.4%	9.6%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	13.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holtsville	Melville
1-unit, detached	74.1%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	23.2%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	10.7%
20 or more units	4.1%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Holtsville	Melville
Poverty rate	3.4%	4.4%
Average household size	3.01	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1976	1985