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Southold town, Suffolk County, NY

23,571 Population
53.8 square miles 438.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.1 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Suffolk County: 41.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$60,908 ±$4,844 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Suffolk County: $49,404 ±$501
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $43,208 ±$189
$92,229 ±$8,640 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $111,660 ±$1,368
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $75,157 ±$322

4.9% ±1.6% (1,130  ±371) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Suffolk County: 6.6% 99,121 (±0.3% / ±4,974)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 13.5% 2,636,823 (±0.1% / ±26,596)

29.5 minutes ±2.3 (265,920  ±30,112) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Suffolk County: 32.1 22,583,764 (±0.2 / ±230,198)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 33.3 284,720,580 (±0.1 / ±1,011,891)

Families

10,252 ±419 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 505,564 ±1,727
  • New York: 7,530,150 ±13,493
2.3 ±0.1 (23,211  ±113) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Suffolk County: 3 1,496,309 (±0 / ±1,128)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.6 19,542,206

3.7% ±1.8% (135  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 4.7% 15,835 (±0.3% / ±1,136)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.7% 224,967 (±0.1% / ±4,211)

Housing

16,117 ±373 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 578,345 ±494
  • New York: 8,449,178 ±1,485

$632,800 ±$25,959 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Suffolk County: $436,300 ±$2,417
  • nearly double the amount in New York: $340,600 ±$1,211

6.1% ±1.8% (1,433  ±411.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 7.8% 117,049 (±0.3% / ±5,029.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.3% 2,052,819 (±0.1% / ±17,823.7)

Social

92.8% ±4.8% (17,500  ±1,059) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 90.4% 962,531 (±0.7% / ±7,554.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.4% 12,311,423 (±0.2% / ±30,558.5)
48% ±3.5% (9,054  ±717) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 38.3% 407,900 (±0.4% / ±4,672.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 38.1% 5,366,712 (±0.1% / ±19,738.8)

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

10.1% ±2.1% (2,372  ±489) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Suffolk County: 15.5% 235,966 (±0.3% / ±4,960)
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.5% 4,523,896 (±0.1% / ±18,762)

7.7% ±1.8% (1,507  ±348) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Suffolk County: 4.7% 56,257 (±0.1% / ±1,729)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 4.2% 665,257 (±0% / ±6,237)
1,507 Total veterans ±348 1,437 Male ±334 70 Female ±89

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