Even though Wyandanch is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Wyandanch rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.61% of adults 25 and older in Wyandanch have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Wyandanch in 2022 was $29,050, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,200 for a family of four. However, Wyandanch contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Wyandanch is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wyandanch home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wyandanch residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Wyandanch also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.48% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wyandanch include Jamaican, Haitian, Guyanese, Polish, and African.
Wyandanch also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 27.28%.
The most common language spoken in Wyandanch is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
