Islip Terrace vs Wheatley Heights

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

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

Wheatley Heights has the higher population (5,266 vs 5,223 in Islip Terrace). Islip Terrace has the higher median household income ($155,741 vs $127,589 in Wheatley Heights). Wheatley Heights has the higher median home value ($500,900 vs $479,800 in Islip Terrace).

Population, income & housing

	Islip Terrace	Wheatley Heights
Population	5,223	5,266
Median age	41.9 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$155,741	$127,589
Median home value	$479,800	$500,900
Median gross rent	$2,712	$1,836
Housing units	1,821	1,536
Homeownership rate	91.0%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Islip Terrace	Wheatley Heights
Population	5,579 → 5,223 (-6.4%)	4,942 → 5,266 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$121,010 → $155,741 (+28.7%)	$116,750 → $127,589 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$359,300 → $479,800 (+33.5%)	$392,300 → $500,900 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,412 → $2,712 (+12.4%)	$1,257 → $1,836 (+46.1%)

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

Wheatley Heights

Population

4,9425,266

Median household income

$116,750$127,589

Median home value

$392,300$500,900

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Islip Terrace	Wheatley Heights
Under 5	4.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.3%
55 to 64	16.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.3%
75 and over	3.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Islip Terrace	Wheatley Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	16.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	50.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Islip Terrace	Wheatley Heights
No high school diploma	5.3%	16.4%
High school graduate	31.2%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Islip Terrace	Wheatley Heights
Drove alone	87.2%	53.2%
Carpooled	1.7%	10.2%
Public transit	3.8%	15.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Islip Terrace	Wheatley Heights
1-unit, detached	95.1%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Islip Terrace	Wheatley Heights
Poverty rate	3.4%	5.2%
Average household size	3.01	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1963	1970