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Riverhead town, Suffolk County, NY

35,826 Population
67.4 square miles 531.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 41.7 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$48,227 ±$3,524 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $56,341 ±$558
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$93,595 ±$7,559 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Suffolk County: $128,329 ±$1,374
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

8.4% ±1.9% (2,986  ±679) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Suffolk County: 6.4% 95,543 (±0.2% / ±3,570)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

27.7 minutes ±0.9 (399,215  ±30,151) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Suffolk County: 31.7 21,735,770 (±0.3 / ±250,599)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

13,678 ±571 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 512,280 ±1,798
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.6 ±0.1 (35,126  ±111) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Suffolk County: 2.9 1,497,911 (±0 / ±322)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

6.2% ±2.4% (350  ±139) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 5.1% 16,933 (±0.3% / ±1,152)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

16,275 ±528 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 579,790 ±375
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$467,700 ±$13,462 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $539,500 ±$3,628
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

9.4% ±2.4% (3,318  ±845.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 7.6% 115,463 (±0.3% / ±4,565.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

86% ±4.7% (23,152  ±1,421.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Suffolk County: 90.5% 968,481 (±0.7% / ±7,558.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
28.5% ±2.9% (7,678  ±802.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Suffolk County: 39.9% 426,656 (±0.5% / ±4,981.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

16.9% ±2.4% (6,062  ±870) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Suffolk County: 16.6% 252,893
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.2% ±1.2% (1,819  ±360) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Suffolk County: 4.3% 51,813 (±0.1% / ±1,392)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
1,819 Total veterans ±360 1,643 Male ±303 176 Female ±204

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