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Riverhead town, Suffolk County, NY

35,980 Population
67.4 square miles 533.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 41.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,975 ±$3,378 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $57,164 ±$655
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,249 ±$7,223 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Suffolk County: $130,686 ±$1,707
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.6% ±2.1% (3,089  ±738) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Suffolk County: 6.4% 96,529 (±0.3% / ±4,446)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.5 minutes ±1.6 (386,115  ±35,010) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Suffolk County: 31.1 20,954,200 (±0.3 / ±247,243)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,202 ±538 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 512,565 ±1,647
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (35,159  ±88) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Suffolk County: 2.9 1,500,679 (±0 / ±452)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±2.4% (285  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 5.3% 17,631 (±0.4% / ±1,232)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,498 ±537 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 580,772 ±234
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$486,600 ±$18,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $578,400 ±$2,887
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9% ±2.2% (3,204  ±795.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 7.2% 109,537 (±0.3% / ±4,301.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.9% ±4.3% (24,283  ±1,435) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Suffolk County: 90.4% 972,852 (±0.7% / ±7,590.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.4% ±2.8% (8,116  ±811.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Suffolk County: 40.2% 432,600 (±0.5% / ±4,847.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

16.2% ±2.7% (5,834  ±968) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Suffolk County: 16.8% 257,333
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±1.3% (1,789  ±404) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Suffolk County: 4% 48,220 (±0.1% / ±1,613)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,789 Total veterans ±404 1,586 Male ±346 203 Female ±208

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