Huntington vs Melville

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

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

Huntington has the higher population (20,117 vs 19,187 in Melville). Huntington has the higher median household income ($162,066 vs $155,675 in Melville). Melville has the higher median home value ($778,400 vs $733,000 in Huntington).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington	Melville
Population	20,117	19,187
Median age	47.2 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$162,066	$155,675
Median home value	$733,000	$778,400
Median gross rent	$2,347	$3,501
Housing units	8,392	7,519
Homeownership rate	83.5%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.8%	62.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington	Melville
Population	17,420 → 20,117 (+15.5%)	17,716 → 19,187 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$123,797 → $162,066 (+30.9%)	$127,359 → $155,675 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$615,000 → $733,000 (+19.2%)	$670,400 → $778,400 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,990 → $2,347 (+17.9%)	$2,325 → $3,501 (+50.6%)

Huntington

Population

17,42020,117

Median household income

$123,797$162,066

Median home value

$615,000$733,000

Median gross rent

$1,990$2,347

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)

	Huntington	Melville
Under 5	2.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	16.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.6%
75 and over	8.1%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington	Melville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	85.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington	Melville
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	10.0%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	35.0%	33.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington	Melville
Drove alone	63.7%	68.8%
Carpooled	2.1%	8.0%
Public transit	11.1%	9.6%
Walked	1.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	13.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington	Melville
1-unit, detached	81.4%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	23.2%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	10.7%
20 or more units	1.5%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Huntington	Melville
Poverty rate	4.8%	4.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1956	1985