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Riverhead Central School District, NY

43,883 Population
89.4 square miles 490.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 41.7 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$41,878 ±$2,846 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Suffolk County: $54,127 ±$625
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $47,173 ±$209
$82,308 ±$7,595 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Suffolk County: $122,498 ±$1,447
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $81,386 ±$350

11.3% ±3.2% (4,769  ±1,347) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Suffolk County: 6.5% 97,307 (±0.3% / ±4,152)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,655,662 (±0.1% / ±26,624)

28.3 minutes ±1.8 (501,225  ±49,001) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Suffolk County: 32 22,194,610 (±0.2 / ±239,665)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 33.2 275,523,680 (±0.1 / ±986,828)

Families

16,104 ±723 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 510,686 ±1,627
  • New York: 7,604,523 ±13,178
2.6 ±0.2 (41,708  ±1,744) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Suffolk County: 2.9 1,496,531 (±0 / ±295)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.6 19,400,424

7.3% ±2.8% (554  ±216) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Suffolk County: 4.9% 16,427 (±0.3% / ±981)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.8% 228,348 (±0.1% / ±4,362)

Housing

19,153 ±665 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 578,977 ±332
  • New York: 8,494,452 ±916

$415,200 ±$18,984 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $490,800 ±$2,499
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $384,100 ±$1,487

11.4% ±2.7% (4,946  ±1,178.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Suffolk County: 7.8% 117,584 (±0.3% / ±4,785.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.2% 2,026,056 (±0.1% / ±17,574.7)

Social

84.1% ±3.2% (27,437  ±1,502.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 90.5% 965,351 (±0.7% / ±7,726.4)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 87.6% 12,281,021 (±0.2% / ±31,135.3)
25.9% ±2.3% (8,439  ±,806.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Suffolk County: 39% 416,452 (±0.5% / ±4,877.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 38.8% 5,439,415 (±0.2% / ±20,453)

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

19.5% ±3.1% (8,570  ±1,378) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 16% 243,555
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,508,936

6% ±1% (2,144  ±373) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Suffolk County: 4.4% 53,439 (±0.1% / ±1,670)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4% 634,062 (±0% / ±5,837)
2,144 Total veterans ±373 1,912 Male ±325 232 Female ±242

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