North Amityville vs Selden

A side-by-side comparison of North Amityville and Selden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Selden has the higher population (21,707 vs 20,364 in North Amityville). North Amityville has the higher median household income ($125,991 vs $111,339 in Selden). North Amityville has the higher median home value ($452,100 vs $435,700 in Selden).

Population, income & housing

	North Amityville	Selden
Population	20,364	21,707
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$125,991	$111,339
Median home value	$452,100	$435,700
Median gross rent	$2,327	$2,282
Housing units	5,755	7,180
Homeownership rate	61.9%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Amityville	Selden
Population	18,382 → 20,364 (+10.8%)	20,093 → 21,707 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$75,529 → $125,991 (+66.8%)	$95,801 → $111,339 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$313,100 → $452,100 (+44.4%)	$330,100 → $435,700 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,546 → $2,327 (+50.5%)	$1,810 → $2,282 (+26.1%)

North Amityville

Population

18,38220,364

Median household income

$75,529$125,991

Median home value

$313,100$452,100

Median gross rent

$1,546$2,327

Selden

Population

20,09321,707

Median household income

$95,801$111,339

Median home value

$330,100$435,700

Median gross rent

$1,810$2,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Amityville	Selden
Under 5	5.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	16.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.1%
75 and over	7.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Amityville	Selden
White (non-Hispanic)	8.4%	61.7%
Black or African American	47.1%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	34.5%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Amityville	Selden
No high school diploma	16.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	29.5%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Amityville	Selden
Drove alone	66.7%	79.9%
Carpooled	10.7%	7.3%
Public transit	7.0%	2.9%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	8.3%
Other means	5.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Amityville	Selden
1-unit, detached	61.7%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	3.4%
20 or more units	22.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Amityville	Selden
Poverty rate	7.6%	7.5%
Average household size	3.67	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1976	1966