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Shelter Island Heights, NY

998 Population
5.4 square miles 184.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

69.4 ±8.2 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$79,490 ±$27,958 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,510 ±$245
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$103,884 ±$99,313 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $97,334 ±$454
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

16.5% ±15.4% (160  ±163) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.4% 2,416,274 (±0.1% / ±24,918)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

16 minutes ±17.4 (5,115  ±3,835) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36 290,532,500 (±0.1 / ±1,085,869)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

579 ±218 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,362,500 ±10,268
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
1.7 ±0.2 (965  ±390) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,350,254
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,765 ±312 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,991,914 ±1,323
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$1,041,300 ±$119,659 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $587,400 ±$1,207
  • more than double the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

5.7% ±7.1% (57  ±74.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.4% 1,837,795 (±0.1% / ±17,907.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

91.5% ±46.9% (849  ±276.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,182,060 (±0.2% / ±31,146.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
59.2% ±32.6% (549  ±210.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 43.5% 6,051,126 (±0.2% / ±21,441.6)
  • about 1.5 times 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

7.8% ±7.5% (78  ±81) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 29.8% 5,892,182
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

12.5% ±9.2% (125  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.8% 432,659 (±0% / ±6,334)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
125 Total veterans ±104 125 Male ±104 N/A Female ±13

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