Population & Demographics
Hempstead, NY
Hempstead is home to 58,801 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 25,415 resident workers commute each day.
58,801 residents
Median age 38.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Hempstead population & demographics
Who lives in Hempstead — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Hempstead
How Hempstead breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Hempstead
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Hempstead.
These figures are for Hempstead proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Hempstead commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Hempstead
25,415 commutes, one dot at a time
Hempstead
Where 25,415 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Hempstead, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Hempstead.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Hempstead’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Hempstead
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).