Nassau County vs New York County

A side-by-side comparison of Nassau County and New York County: population, income, housing, and more.

Nassau County and New York County are counties in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New York County has the higher population (1,627,788 vs 1,388,138 in Nassau County). Nassau County has the higher median household income ($143,408 vs $104,553 in New York County). New York County has the higher median home value ($1,108,900 vs $658,700 in Nassau County).

Population, income & housing

	Nassau County	New York County
Population	1,388,138	1,627,788
Median age	41.8 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$143,408	$104,553
Median home value	$658,700	$1,108,900
Median gross rent	$2,195	$2,132
Housing units	477,860	918,806
Homeownership rate	81.9%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nassau County	New York County
Population	1,356,509 → 1,388,138 (+2.3%)	1,631,993 → 1,627,788 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$116,100 → $143,408 (+23.5%)	$86,553 → $104,553 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$493,500 → $658,700 (+33.5%)	$987,700 → $1,108,900 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,772 → $2,195 (+23.9%)	$1,740 → $2,132 (+22.5%)

Nassau County

Population

1,356,5091,388,138

Median household income

$116,100$143,408

Median home value

$493,500$658,700

Median gross rent

$1,772$2,195

New York County

Population

1,631,9931,627,788

Median household income

$86,553$104,553

Median home value

$987,700$1,108,900

Median gross rent

$1,740$2,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nassau County	New York County
Under 5	5.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	9.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	21.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.7%
75 and over	7.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nassau County	New York County
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	46.3%
Black or African American	10.9%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	11.5%	12.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nassau County	New York County
No high school diploma	7.9%	10.8%
High school graduate	21.0%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	13.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nassau County	New York County
Drove alone	62.2%	5.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	1.4%
Public transit	13.0%	45.5%
Walked	2.1%	18.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	2.5%
Worked from home	13.8%	23.0%
Other means	1.4%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nassau County	New York County
1-unit, detached	76.3%	1.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	16.3%
20 or more units	8.8%	78.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Nassau County	New York County
Poverty rate	5.3%	15.8%
Average household size	3.00	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1955	1951