Holtsville vs North Babylon

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

Holtsville and North Babylon 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 18,208 in North Babylon). Holtsville has the higher median household income ($130,851 vs $130,293 in North Babylon). Holtsville has the higher median home value ($483,400 vs $470,900 in North Babylon).

Population, income & housing

	Holtsville	North Babylon
Population	19,250	18,208
Median age	39.7 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$130,851	$130,293
Median home value	$483,400	$470,900
Median gross rent	$2,192	$2,238
Housing units	6,541	6,030
Homeownership rate	83.8%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holtsville	North Babylon
Population	19,479 → 19,250 (-1.2%)	17,134 → 18,208 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$106,556 → $130,851 (+22.8%)	$95,306 → $130,293 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$362,600 → $483,400 (+33.3%)	$356,400 → $470,900 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,674 → $2,192 (+30.9%)	$1,871 → $2,238 (+19.6%)

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

North Babylon

Population

17,13418,208

Median household income

$95,306$130,293

Median home value

$356,400$470,900

Median gross rent

$1,871$2,238

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holtsville	North Babylon
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	16.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	15.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	19.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.6%
75 and over	5.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holtsville	North Babylon
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	58.0%
Black or African American	5.2%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holtsville	North Babylon
No high school diploma	10.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	27.0%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holtsville	North Babylon
Drove alone	79.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.4%
Public transit	6.4%	5.8%
Walked	0.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	8.7%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holtsville	North Babylon
1-unit, detached	74.1%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	4.1%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Holtsville	North Babylon
Poverty rate	3.4%	4.0%
Average household size	3.01	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1976	1960