Lake Ronkonkoma vs North Babylon

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

Lake Ronkonkoma 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.

Lake Ronkonkoma has the higher population (18,289 vs 18,208 in North Babylon). North Babylon has the higher median household income ($130,293 vs $102,608 in Lake Ronkonkoma). Lake Ronkonkoma has the higher median home value ($484,700 vs $470,900 in North Babylon).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Ronkonkoma	North Babylon
Population	18,289	18,208
Median age	43.1 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$102,608	$130,293
Median home value	$484,700	$470,900
Median gross rent	$1,906	$2,238
Housing units	7,062	6,030
Homeownership rate	70.3%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Ronkonkoma	North Babylon
Population	20,667 → 18,289 (-11.5%)	17,134 → 18,208 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$95,080 → $102,608 (+7.9%)	$95,306 → $130,293 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$366,400 → $484,700 (+32.3%)	$356,400 → $470,900 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,693 → $1,906 (+12.6%)	$1,871 → $2,238 (+19.6%)

Lake Ronkonkoma

Population

20,66718,289

Median household income

$95,080$102,608

Median home value

$366,400$484,700

Median gross rent

$1,693$1,906

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)

	Lake Ronkonkoma	North Babylon
Under 5	5.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.7%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	19.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.6%
75 and over	5.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Ronkonkoma	North Babylon
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	58.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Ronkonkoma	North Babylon
No high school diploma	7.1%	7.2%
High school graduate	33.1%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Ronkonkoma	North Babylon
Drove alone	77.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.4%
Public transit	3.9%	5.8%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	8.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Ronkonkoma	North Babylon
1-unit, detached	80.2%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	9.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Ronkonkoma	North Babylon
Poverty rate	8.5%	4.0%
Average household size	2.72	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1969	1960