Islip Terrace vs West Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Islip Terrace and West Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Islip Terrace has the higher population (5,223 vs 5,138 in West Hills). West Hills has the higher median household income ($183,375 vs $155,741 in Islip Terrace). West Hills has the higher median home value ($737,800 vs $479,800 in Islip Terrace).

Population, income & housing

	Islip Terrace	West Hills
Population	5,223	5,138
Median age	41.9 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$155,741	$183,375
Median home value	$479,800	$737,800
Median gross rent	$2,712	$2,736
Housing units	1,821	2,090
Homeownership rate	91.0%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	70.2%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Islip Terrace	West Hills
Population	5,579 → 5,223 (-6.4%)	5,055 → 5,138 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$121,010 → $155,741 (+28.7%)	$135,843 → $183,375 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$359,300 → $479,800 (+33.5%)	$658,000 → $737,800 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,412 → $2,712 (+12.4%)	$2,750 → $2,736 (-0.5%)

Islip Terrace

Population

5,5795,223

Median household income

$121,010$155,741

Median home value

$359,300$479,800

Median gross rent

$2,412$2,712

West Hills

Population

5,0555,138

Median household income

$135,843$183,375

Median home value

$658,000$737,800

Median gross rent

$2,750$2,736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Islip Terrace	West Hills
Under 5	4.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.6%	20.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	16.9%
75 and over	3.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Islip Terrace	West Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	80.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Islip Terrace	West Hills
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	31.2%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	37.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Islip Terrace	West Hills
Drove alone	87.2%	61.2%
Carpooled	1.7%	3.2%
Public transit	3.8%	11.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	20.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Islip Terrace	West Hills
1-unit, detached	95.1%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Islip Terrace	West Hills
Poverty rate	3.4%	4.1%
Average household size	3.01	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1963	1960