East Meadow is a medium-sized town located in the state of New York. With a population of 37,501 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, East Meadow is the 29th largest community in New York.

East Meadow is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, East Meadow is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Meadow who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.73%), sales jobs (13.53%), and management occupations (8.95%).

In addition, East Meadow is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, East Meadow is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making East Meadow a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, East Meadow has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, East Meadow's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In East Meadow, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.00 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

East Meadow Information and Demographics

The education level of East Meadow citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 29.01% of adults in East Meadow have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in East Meadow in 2000 was $27,076, 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 $108,304 for a family of four. However, East Meadow contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

East Meadow is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call East Meadow home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in East Meadow is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in East Meadow include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in East Meadow is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.