Babylon, New York.
Typical home $761,087 (+1.2% in a year), asking rent $3,062 . New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$90 (+2%) since Nov 2023.
- 1 year
- Up $9,118 +1%
- $751,969$761,087 since Sep 2025
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Babylon$3,995
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Babylon, NY rose 1.2% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Babylon, Suffolk County, New York
Babylon is a village of 12,188 people in Suffolk County. Half its households earn more than $140,820 a year and half less, against $130,686 across Suffolk County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 79% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in Suffolk County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Babylon is a village on the South Shore of Long Island, in Suffolk County. Most homes here are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run above the county's, with few residents living below the poverty line. The population is on the older side, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January highs only a little above freezing, while July is warm, and the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by professional and business services, banks, insurance and property, and shops. Among the largest workplaces in Babylon are the Babylon Union Free School District, Northwell and a building insulation contractor, International Asbestos Removal. Commutes are fairly long, and a good number of people work from home. Across Suffolk County, unemployment is about where it was a year ago, and the county has added a few more jobs.
Things to do. Belmont Lake State Park, a protected natural area, is in or beside town. A short drive away are Robert Moses State Park, another protected shoreline area, and the American Airpower Museum. For a longer outing, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, a large garden and park, is a longer drive away.
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- 4,650households
- 51%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
- 33 mintypical commute
- 20%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Suffolk County had 689,858 jobs in 2025, 1.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 39° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 68°. About 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Farmingdale Airport weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Babylon
- International Asbestos RemovalBuilding insulation contractors362
- Babylon Union Free School DistrictSchool district286FTE
- Babylon Beach House Home For AdultsAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities41
- Northwell40
- Northwell35
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 478 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Coastal floodingRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Babylon’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Suffolk County and the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
Babylon home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Babylon$761,087
- New York$524,942
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 7 Babylon listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Babylon13.42%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Babylon27
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Babylon9
Zip codes with a Babylon address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Babylon — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.