East FarmingdaleNY
A regional job hub with 25,941 jobs. Some 5,666 people live in this town, in New York.
Is East Farmingdale a good place to live?
East Farmingdale’s median rent is $2,114 a month, above both the New York town median ($1,101 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). East Farmingdale’s trail network density is 1.3 miles per square mile, where New York’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. We don’t grade East Farmingdale yet; the figures below are still real.
What makes East Farmingdale stand out
Where East Farmingdale beats most towns.
Every workday, about 25,618 people come to East Farmingdale for work
Where East Farmingdale’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Central Park and 487 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Farmingdale. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw30 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw29 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumPhoto credits
Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to East Farmingdale: who provides what
East Farmingdale is unincorporated, so Suffolk County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in East Farmingdale.
East Farmingdale has 8.3 jobs for every working resident, and 25,618 people commute in
Commuting out is the norm in East Farmingdale: 10% of working residents work locally. For East Farmingdale, the middle household income is $119,000. The top destinations are New York (21%), Babylon (18%) and Oyster Bay (16%). 3.5% of East Farmingdale residents live below the poverty line.
| East Farmingdale | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $119,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.5% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 15% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
East Farmingdale stands out in New York and nationally, with the FEMA risk score lower than most
46% of East Farmingdale’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 26%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 98% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More young adults than New York overall
The midpoint age in East Farmingdale is 33.4 years. Adults 18 to 34 are 35% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 32% of residents (39% statewide). Also worth knowing: among adults 25 and older in the town, 49% hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| East Farmingdale | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33.4 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 49% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.4 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| East Farmingdale | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.8% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.3% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 14.9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 20.2% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.4% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.9% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.3% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.3% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12.6% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 18.6% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 9.3% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.7% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.5% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.3% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
East Farmingdale: four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 25° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy East Farmingdale is
For adults in East Farmingdale, the share who report frequent physical distress is 11%. In East Farmingdale, 15% of adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| East Farmingdale | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | East Farmingdale | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.3% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
East Farmingdale has set aside 0.9% of its land for conservation
Walkers can cover 9.7 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bethpage State Park | 0.5 mi | 19 |
| 2. Michel Park | 0.2 mi | 3 |
| 3. Farmingdale State College | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in East Farmingdale sells for about $720K at the median
67% of households own their home in East Farmingdale.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about East Farmingdale
Colleges nearby
11 within 15 miles of the center of East Farmingdale
College town 15 of every 100 East Farmingdale residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
East Farmingdale’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with East Farmingdale.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Farmingdale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Babylon | — | — | D− | — | — | A− |
| North Amityville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Melville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Huntington | #61 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| West Babylon | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wyandanch | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wheatley Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Babylon and Huntington report no FBI crime data of their own. East Farmingdale, Babylon, North Amityville, Melville, West Babylon, Wyandanch and Wheatley Heights aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Farmingdale with a neighbor →
Questions about East Farmingdale
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is East Farmingdale, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade East Farmingdale yet; the figures below are still real. Some 5,666 people live in this town, in New York.