East Meadow, NY

Census Place

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2024 Population
36,821
US Senator
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
US Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
43.1
1.6% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
6.39%
6.71% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$133,971
4.04% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$631,800
2.92% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
16,492
2.84% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in East Meadow, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

95.3% of the residents in East Meadow, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in East Meadow, NY was $631,800, and the homeownership rate was 89.5%.

Most people in East Meadow, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 35 minutes. The average car ownership in East Meadow, NY was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

East Meadow, NY is home to a population of 36.8k people, from which 95.3% are citizens. As of 2024, 19.9% of East Meadow, NY residents were born outside of the country (7.32k people).

In 2024, there were 3 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (21.2k people) in East Meadow, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 7.07k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 2.66k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

95.3%
2024 Citizenship
95.6%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 95.3% of East Meadow, NY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in East Meadow, NY was 95.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in East Meadow, NY
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    21.2k ± 1.91k
  2. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    7.07k ± 1.19k
  3. Other (Hispanic)
    2.66k ± 821
15.9%
Hispanic Population
5.85k people

In 2024, there were 3 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (21.2k people) in East Meadow, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 7.07k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 2.66k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

15.9% of the people in East Meadow, NY are hispanic (5.85k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in East Meadow, NY as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New York.
Most Common Origin
  1. Dominican Republic
    493,200 ± 17,027 people
  2. China
    410,969 ± 15,575 people
  3. Jamaica
    234,174 ± 11,811 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New York was Dominican Republic, the natal country of 493,200 New York residents, followed by China with 410,969 and Jamaica with 234,174.

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Foreign-Born Population

19.9%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
7.32k people
20%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
7.16k people

As of 2024, 19.9% of East Meadow, NY residents (7.32k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in East Meadow, NY was 20%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    280 ± 131
  2. Korea
    183 ± 123
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    79 ± 82

East Meadow, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.53 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of East Meadow, NY employs 16.5k people. In 2024, the largest industries in East Meadow, NY were Health Care & Social Assistance (2,773 people), Educational Services (2,545 people), and Retail Trade (1,616 people), and the highest paying industries were Information ($121,875), Utilities ($103,906), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($103,438).

Employment

Occupations

16.5k
2024 Value
± 1,207
2.84%
1 Year growth
± 9.98%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in East Meadow, NY grew at a rate of 2.84%, from 16k employees to 16.5k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in East Meadow, NY, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (2,353 people), Sales & Related Occupations (1,844 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (1,801 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of East Meadow, NY.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

16.5k
2024 Value
± 1,207
2.84%
1 Year growth
± 9.98%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in East Meadow, NY grew at a rate of 2.84%, from 16k employees to 16.5k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in East Meadow, NY, are Health Care & Social Assistance (2,773 people), Educational Services (2,545 people), and Retail Trade (1,616 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of East Meadow, NY, though some of these residents may live in East Meadow, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$75,053
Median earning men ± $4,986
$60,988
Median earning women ± $2,404

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($129,167), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($105,028), and Information ($101,914).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Information ($212,279), Manufacturing ($120,116), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($93,667).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.74%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.56M people employed in New York. This represents a 2.74% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 19.7%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in East Meadow, NY was $631,800 in 2024, which is 1.9 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $613,900 to $631,800, a 2.92% increase. The homeownership rate in East Meadow, NY is 89.5%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in East Meadow, NY have an average commute time of 35 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in East Meadow, NY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$631,800
Median Property Value 2024
±$9,516
$10,552
Median Property Taxes
±$726

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In East Meadow, NY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in East Meadow, NY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

89.5%
Homeownership
2024
59.1%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 89.5% of the housing units in East Meadow, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 89.7%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$133,971
Median Household Income
± $7,325
11.8k
Number of Households
± 953

In 2024, the median household income of the 11.8k households in East Meadow, NY grew to $133,971 from the previous year's value of $128,770.

The following chart displays the households in East Meadow, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for East Meadow, NY is from New York.
0.493
2023 Wage GINI in New York
0.494
2022 Wage GINI in New York

In 2023, the income inequality in New York was 0.493 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0797% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New York was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New York in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (66.4%)
  2. Worked At Home (14.9%)
  3. Public Transit (7.82%)

In 2024, 66.4% of workers in East Meadow, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (14.9%) and those who used public transit to get to work (7.82%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

35 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in East Meadow, NY have a longer commute time (35 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 7.4% of the workforce in East Meadow, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in East Meadow, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in East Meadow, NY have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

6.39% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in East Meadow, NY (2.29k out of 35.7k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 18 - 24, followed by Females 45 - 54 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in East Meadow, NY is White, followed by Asian and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

95.6% of the population of East Meadow, NY has health coverage, with 54.5% on employee plans, 10.3% on Medicaid, 16.2% on Medicare, 14.1% on non-group plans, and 0.443% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New York see 1,245 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,245 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1205 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 265 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.1% were men and 53.9% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 21.4% under 18 years, 18.8% between 18 and 34 years, 38.2% between 35 and 64 years, and 21.5% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.1% were men and 53.9% were women.

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Uninsured People

4.44%
Uninsured
54.5%
Employer Coverage
10.3%
Medicaid
16.2%
Medicare
14.1%
Non-Group
0.443%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in East Meadow, NY declined by 5.74% from 4.71% to 4.44%.

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