Islip vs Kings Park

A side-by-side comparison of Islip and Kings Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Islip has the higher population (17,224 vs 16,249 in Kings Park). Islip has the higher median household income ($122,596 vs $118,723 in Kings Park). Kings Park has the higher median home value ($586,300 vs $486,900 in Islip).

Population, income & housing

	Islip	Kings Park
Population	17,224	16,249
Median age	44.0 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$122,596	$118,723
Median home value	$486,900	$586,300
Median gross rent	$2,192	$1,813
Housing units	6,373	6,658
Homeownership rate	84.5%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	44.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Islip	Kings Park
Population	17,853 → 17,224 (-3.5%)	16,424 → 16,249 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$110,387 → $122,596 (+11.1%)	$100,110 → $118,723 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$378,600 → $486,900 (+28.6%)	$443,700 → $586,300 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,620 → $2,192 (+35.3%)	$1,533 → $1,813 (+18.3%)

Islip

Population

17,85317,224

Median household income

$110,387$122,596

Median home value

$378,600$486,900

Median gross rent

$1,620$2,192

Kings Park

Population

16,42416,249

Median household income

$100,110$118,723

Median home value

$443,700$586,300

Median gross rent

$1,533$1,813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Islip	Kings Park
Under 5	5.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	18.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.8%
75 and over	7.6%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Islip	Kings Park
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	83.0%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.6%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Islip	Kings Park
No high school diploma	13.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	26.3%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Islip	Kings Park
Drove alone	78.5%	74.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	4.8%
Public transit	3.6%	7.9%
Walked	1.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	11.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Islip	Kings Park
1-unit, detached	74.3%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	6.3%
20 or more units	7.2%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Islip	Kings Park
Poverty rate	5.8%	2.3%
Average household size	2.82	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	29	38
Median year structure built	1965	1967