One downside of living in Middle Island, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.77 minutes every day commuting to work.
In terms of college education, Middle Island is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.12% of adults in Middle Island have a college degree.
The per capita income in Middle Island in 2022 was $45,439, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $181,756 for a family of four. However, Middle Island contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Middle Island is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Middle Island home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Middle Island residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Middle Island also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.34% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Middle Island include Italian, German, Irish, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Middle Island is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
