Farmingville vs Sayville

A side-by-side comparison of Farmingville and Sayville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Farmingville has the higher population (16,605 vs 15,593 in Sayville). Sayville has the higher median household income ($145,278 vs $129,920 in Farmingville). Sayville has the higher median home value ($615,700 vs $444,300 in Farmingville).

Population, income & housing

	Farmingville	Sayville
Population	16,605	15,593
Median age	35.3 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$129,920	$145,278
Median home value	$444,300	$615,700
Median gross rent	$2,475	$2,339
Housing units	5,183	5,948
Homeownership rate	85.1%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmingville	Sayville
Population	15,714 → 16,605 (+5.7%)	15,910 → 15,593 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$110,246 → $129,920 (+17.8%)	$116,005 → $145,278 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$349,400 → $444,300 (+27.2%)	$451,400 → $615,700 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,587 → $2,475 (+56.0%)	$1,866 → $2,339 (+25.3%)

Farmingville

Population

15,71416,605

Median household income

$110,246$129,920

Median home value

$349,400$444,300

Median gross rent

$1,587$2,475

Sayville

Population

15,91015,593

Median household income

$116,005$145,278

Median home value

$451,400$615,700

Median gross rent

$1,866$2,339

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmingville	Sayville
Under 5	7.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	11.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.9%
75 and over	5.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmingville	Sayville
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	88.3%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmingville	Sayville
No high school diploma	12.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	29.9%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmingville	Sayville
Drove alone	80.7%	77.9%
Carpooled	5.4%	3.4%
Public transit	4.6%	3.7%
Walked	1.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	13.4%
Other means	2.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmingville	Sayville
1-unit, detached	91.8%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	7.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Farmingville	Sayville
Poverty rate	5.7%	5.5%
Average household size	3.35	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1970	1965