Melville vs Ronkonkoma

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

Melville and Ronkonkoma 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 18,368 in Ronkonkoma). Melville has the higher median household income ($155,675 vs $125,534 in Ronkonkoma). Melville has the higher median home value ($778,400 vs $467,600 in Ronkonkoma).

Population, income & housing

	Melville	Ronkonkoma
Population	19,187	18,368
Median age	50.8 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$155,675	$125,534
Median home value	$778,400	$467,600
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,275
Housing units	7,519	6,514
Homeownership rate	87.5%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.4%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melville	Ronkonkoma
Population	17,716 → 19,187 (+8.3%)	18,309 → 18,368 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$127,359 → $155,675 (+22.2%)	$106,434 → $125,534 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$670,400 → $778,400 (+16.1%)	$345,900 → $467,600 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,325 → $3,501 (+50.6%)	$1,681 → $2,275 (+35.3%)

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

Ronkonkoma

Population

18,30918,368

Median household income

$106,434$125,534

Median home value

$345,900$467,600

Median gross rent

$1,681$2,275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melville	Ronkonkoma
Under 5	4.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.7%	15.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	6.9%
75 and over	15.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melville	Ronkonkoma
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	64.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melville	Ronkonkoma
No high school diploma	4.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	11.6%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	33.3%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melville	Ronkonkoma
Drove alone	68.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	6.5%
Public transit	9.6%	3.3%
Walked	0.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	7.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melville	Ronkonkoma
1-unit, detached	58.5%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	23.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	10.2%
20 or more units	4.8%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Melville	Ronkonkoma
Poverty rate	4.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.57	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1985	1970