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Shelter Island Union Free School District, NY

3,279 Population
12.2 square miles 268.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±8.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 41.7 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$63,652 ±$14,146 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Suffolk County: $56,341 ±$558
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$128,976 ±$57,096 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Suffolk County: $128,329 ±$1,374
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

5.8% ±5% (187  ±164) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 6.4% 95,543 (±0.2% / ±3,570)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

30.7 minutes ±15.7 (33,845  ±22,722) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Suffolk County: 31.7 21,735,770 (±0.3 / ±250,599)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,381 ±234 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 512,280 ±1,798
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.5 (3,246  ±457) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Suffolk County: 2.9 1,497,911 (±0 / ±322)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

4.3% ±6.3% (29  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 5.1% 16,933 (±0.3% / ±1,152)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

3,272 ±306 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 579,790 ±375
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$1,031,100 ±$104,954 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Suffolk County: $539,500 ±$3,628
  • more than double the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

3.9% ±4% (127  ±129.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Suffolk County: 7.6% 115,463 (±0.3% / ±4,565.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

88.4% ±10.1% (2,047  ±487.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Suffolk County: 90.5% 968,481 (±0.7% / ±7,558.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
56.7% ±11.6% (1,313  ±384.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Suffolk County: 39.9% 426,656 (±0.5% / ±4,981.9)
  • about 1.4 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

15% ±10.3% (492  ±346) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 16.6% 252,893
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

8.9% ±6.6% (236  ±179) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Suffolk County: 4.3% 51,813 (±0.1% / ±1,392)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
236 Total veterans ±179 236 Male ±179 N/A Female ±13

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