Holtsville vs Ronkonkoma

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

Holtsville and 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 18,368 in Ronkonkoma). Holtsville has the higher median household income ($130,851 vs $125,534 in Ronkonkoma). Holtsville has the higher median home value ($483,400 vs $467,600 in Ronkonkoma).

Population, income & housing

	Holtsville	Ronkonkoma
Population	19,250	18,368
Median age	39.7 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$130,851	$125,534
Median home value	$483,400	$467,600
Median gross rent	$2,192	$2,275
Housing units	6,541	6,514
Homeownership rate	83.8%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holtsville	Ronkonkoma
Population	19,479 → 19,250 (-1.2%)	18,309 → 18,368 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$106,556 → $130,851 (+22.8%)	$106,434 → $125,534 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$362,600 → $483,400 (+33.3%)	$345,900 → $467,600 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,674 → $2,192 (+30.9%)	$1,681 → $2,275 (+35.3%)

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

Ronkonkoma

Population

18,30918,368

Median household income

$106,434$125,534

Median home value

$345,900$467,600

Median gross rent

$1,681$2,275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holtsville	Ronkonkoma
Under 5	5.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	16.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	6.9%
75 and over	5.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holtsville	Ronkonkoma
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	64.2%
Black or African American	5.2%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holtsville	Ronkonkoma
No high school diploma	10.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	27.0%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holtsville	Ronkonkoma
Drove alone	79.4%	81.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.5%
Public transit	6.4%	3.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.7%
Other means	1.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holtsville	Ronkonkoma
1-unit, detached	74.1%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	10.2%
20 or more units	4.1%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Holtsville	Ronkonkoma
Poverty rate	3.4%	3.2%
Average household size	3.01	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1976	1970