Islip vs North Babylon

A side-by-side comparison of Islip and North Babylon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Babylon has the higher population (18,208 vs 17,224 in Islip). North Babylon has the higher median household income ($130,293 vs $122,596 in Islip). Islip has the higher median home value ($486,900 vs $470,900 in North Babylon).

Population, income & housing

	Islip	North Babylon
Population	17,224	18,208
Median age	44.0 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$122,596	$130,293
Median home value	$486,900	$470,900
Median gross rent	$2,192	$2,238
Housing units	6,373	6,030
Homeownership rate	84.5%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Islip	North Babylon
Population	17,853 → 17,224 (-3.5%)	17,134 → 18,208 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$110,387 → $122,596 (+11.1%)	$95,306 → $130,293 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$378,600 → $486,900 (+28.6%)	$356,400 → $470,900 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,620 → $2,192 (+35.3%)	$1,871 → $2,238 (+19.6%)

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

North Babylon

Population

17,13418,208

Median household income

$95,306$130,293

Median home value

$356,400$470,900

Median gross rent

$1,871$2,238

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Islip	North Babylon
Under 5	5.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	18.2%	19.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.6%
75 and over	7.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Islip	North Babylon
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	58.0%
Black or African American	3.6%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Islip	North Babylon
No high school diploma	13.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	26.3%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Islip	North Babylon
Drove alone	78.5%	74.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.4%
Public transit	3.6%	5.8%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	8.7%
Other means	0.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Islip	North Babylon
1-unit, detached	74.3%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	4.4%
20 or more units	7.2%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Islip	North Babylon
Poverty rate	5.8%	4.0%
Average household size	2.82	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1965	1960