In Wyandanch, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Wyandanch is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other 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.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Wyandanch's cultural character, accounting for 27.28% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Wyandanch is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
