In Hempstead, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.15 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
For the size of the village, public transportation in Hempstead is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Hempstead, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.
In terms of college education, Hempstead is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.35% of adults 25 and older in Hempstead have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hempstead in 2022 was $31,370, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,480 for a family of four. However, Hempstead contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hempstead is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Hempstead home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Hempstead, accounting for 45.35% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Hempstead residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Hempstead include Jamaican, Haitian, Italian, Irish, and Guyanese.
Hempstead also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 38.44%.
The most common language spoken in Hempstead is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
