What
happens when you blend a world-class workforce, a university, pristine beaches
and golf courses, three industrial centers, and one airport in a region that
leads the nation in retail sales per household and average household wealth?...
You get the Town of Babylon, the economic heartbeat of Long
Island, New York.
Babylon is one of the more demographically diverse municipalities
on Long Island. While many of the townships of Long Island are dominated by
one ethnic group or another, as a unit, Babylon's demographics are clearly
multi-cultural.
According to the 2000 United States Census, Babylon has an average of 3.04
persons living in approximately 67,595 households. As the most densely populated
town in Suffolk County, there are over 3,970 people per square mile living
in Babylon's 53 square miles.
The average family income is $60,000, with almost 20% of town households earning
more than $75,000 annually. Approximately 81% of the town's residents are Caucasian,
14% African American, and 5% Asian, Hispanic or Multiracial. The largest ethnic
group based on ancestry in Babylon are Italians, with over 64,680 residents
claiming some or all Italian ancestry. People with all or some Irish ancestry
number approximately 47,000; over 41,400 residents attest to German ancestry,
and over 29,000 Babylon residents are African American.
According to recent population survey data provided by the Long Island Almanac,
approximately 42% of Babylon's adult population is college educated. Of its
workforce, 27.4% hold executive, administrative, or managerial positions, 13.4%
are in sales, 18.4% are in administrative/clerical support jobs, and 40.6% are
skilled craftspersons, service workers or unskilled labor. Current service in
the Armed Forces accounts for .02% of Babylon's workforce.
Babylon is a young town, with a median age of 36. Forty one percent of households
in the township have children under the age of 18. Similar to the rest of Long
Island, three quarters of Babylon residents own their own home.
