Melville vs North Babylon

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

Melville 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.

Melville has the higher population (19,187 vs 18,208 in North Babylon). Melville has the higher median household income ($155,675 vs $130,293 in North Babylon). Melville has the higher median home value ($778,400 vs $470,900 in North Babylon).

Population, income & housing

	Melville	North Babylon
Population	19,187	18,208
Median age	50.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$155,675	$130,293
Median home value	$778,400	$470,900
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,238
Housing units	7,519	6,030
Homeownership rate	87.5%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.4%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melville	North Babylon
Population	17,716 → 19,187 (+8.3%)	17,134 → 18,208 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$127,359 → $155,675 (+22.2%)	$95,306 → $130,293 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$670,400 → $778,400 (+16.1%)	$356,400 → $470,900 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,325 → $3,501 (+50.6%)	$1,871 → $2,238 (+19.6%)

Melville

Population

17,71619,187

Median household income

$127,359$155,675

Median home value

$670,400$778,400

Median gross rent

$2,325$3,501

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)

	Melville	North Babylon
Under 5	4.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	15.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	19.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.6%
75 and over	15.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melville	North Babylon
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	58.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melville	North Babylon
No high school diploma	4.9%	7.2%
High school graduate	11.6%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	33.3%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melville	North Babylon
Drove alone	68.8%	74.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.4%
Public transit	9.6%	5.8%
Walked	0.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melville	North Babylon
1-unit, detached	58.5%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	23.2%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	4.8%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Melville	North Babylon
Poverty rate	4.4%	4.0%
Average household size	2.57	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1985	1960