Huntington vs Selden

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

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

Selden has the higher population (21,707 vs 20,117 in Huntington). Huntington has the higher median household income ($162,066 vs $111,339 in Selden). Huntington has the higher median home value ($733,000 vs $435,700 in Selden).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington	Selden
Population	20,117	21,707
Median age	47.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$162,066	$111,339
Median home value	$733,000	$435,700
Median gross rent	$2,347	$2,282
Housing units	8,392	7,180
Homeownership rate	83.5%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.8%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington	Selden
Population	17,420 → 20,117 (+15.5%)	20,093 → 21,707 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$123,797 → $162,066 (+30.9%)	$95,801 → $111,339 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$615,000 → $733,000 (+19.2%)	$330,100 → $435,700 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,990 → $2,347 (+17.9%)	$1,810 → $2,282 (+26.1%)

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

Selden

Population

20,09321,707

Median household income

$95,801$111,339

Median home value

$330,100$435,700

Median gross rent

$1,810$2,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntington	Selden
Under 5	2.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	16.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	9.1%
75 and over	8.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington	Selden
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	61.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington	Selden
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	10.0%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	35.0%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington	Selden
Drove alone	63.7%	79.9%
Carpooled	2.1%	7.3%
Public transit	11.1%	2.9%
Walked	1.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	8.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington	Selden
1-unit, detached	81.4%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Huntington	Selden
Poverty rate	4.8%	7.5%
Average household size	2.46	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1956	1966