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Shoreham-Wading River Central School District, NY

13,121 Population
12.2 square miles 1,078.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 41.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$62,654 ±$6,241 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Suffolk County: $57,164 ±$655
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$146,105 ±$17,040 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Suffolk County: $130,686 ±$1,707
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3% ±1% (392  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Suffolk County: 6.4% 96,529 (±0.3% / ±4,446)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.7 minutes ±6.5 (165,075  ±22,664) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Suffolk County: 31.1 20,954,200 (±0.3 / ±247,243)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,578 ±495 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 512,565 ±1,647
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0 (12,960  ±1,416) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Suffolk County: 2.9 1,500,679 (±0 / ±452)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.7% ±2% (58  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Suffolk County: 5.3% 17,631 (±0.4% / ±1,232)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,673 ±478 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 580,772 ±234
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$585,900 ±$42,924 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Suffolk County: $578,400 ±$2,887
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.5% ±4.5% (1,380  ±610.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Suffolk County: 7.2% 109,537 (±0.3% / ±4,301.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±12.4% (8,514  ±778) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 90.4% 972,852 (±0.7% / ±7,590.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
46.2% ±4.5% (4,173  ±569.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 40.2% 432,600 (±0.5% / ±4,847.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 1.3 times 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

7.2% ±2.6% (946  ±359) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Suffolk County: 16.8% 257,333
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±1.5% (541  ±159) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 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)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
541 Total veterans ±159 514 Male ±153 27 Female ±23

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