Huntington Station vs Shirley

A side-by-side comparison of Huntington Station and Shirley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huntington Station has the higher population (33,283 vs 27,807 in Shirley). Huntington Station has the higher median household income ($129,121 vs $105,379 in Shirley). Huntington Station has the higher median home value ($540,400 vs $390,300 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington Station	Shirley
Population	33,283	27,807
Median age	41.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$129,121	$105,379
Median home value	$540,400	$390,300
Median gross rent	$1,867	$2,110
Housing units	11,608	8,934
Homeownership rate	76.3%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington Station	Shirley
Population	32,866 → 33,283 (+1.3%)	28,583 → 27,807 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$93,400 → $129,121 (+38.2%)	$87,242 → $105,379 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$376,500 → $540,400 (+43.5%)	$265,600 → $390,300 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,693 → $1,867 (+10.3%)	$1,878 → $2,110 (+12.4%)

Huntington Station

Population

32,86633,283

Median household income

$93,400$129,121

Median home value

$376,500$540,400

Median gross rent

$1,693$1,867

Shirley

Population

28,58327,807

Median household income

$87,242$105,379

Median home value

$265,600$390,300

Median gross rent

$1,878$2,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntington Station	Shirley
Under 5	4.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.7%
75 and over	6.9%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington Station	Shirley
White (non-Hispanic)	51.0%	57.4%
Black or African American	9.9%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	30.1%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington Station	Shirley
No high school diploma	15.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	20.6%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington Station	Shirley
Drove alone	64.1%	78.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.2%
Public transit	9.8%	2.7%
Walked	3.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	4.9%
Other means	2.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington Station	Shirley
1-unit, detached	72.5%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	2.7%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Huntington Station	Shirley
Poverty rate	10.2%	8.0%
Average household size	2.99	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1960	1975