Atlantic Beach vs Kensington

A side-by-side comparison of Atlantic Beach and Kensington: population, income, housing, and more.

Atlantic Beach and Kensington are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kensington has the higher population (1,462 vs 1,327 in Atlantic Beach). Kensington has the higher median household income ($217,679 vs $161,344 in Atlantic Beach). Kensington has the higher median home value ($1,413,500 vs $969,400 in Atlantic Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Beach	Kensington
Population	1,327	1,462
Median age	53.9 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$161,344	$217,679
Median home value	$969,400	$1,413,500
Median gross rent	$3,125	—
Housing units	963	484
Homeownership rate	87.9%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.9%	75.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Beach	Kensington
Population	1,317 → 1,327 (+0.8%)	1,368 → 1,462 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$131,250 → $161,344 (+22.9%)	$180,750 → $217,679 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$783,700 → $969,400 (+23.7%)	$1,310,700 → $1,413,500 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,517 → $3,125 (+24.2%)	—

Atlantic Beach

Population

1,3171,327

Median household income

$131,250$161,344

Median home value

$783,700$969,400

Median gross rent

$2,517$3,125

Kensington

Population

1,3681,462

Median household income

$180,750$217,679

Median home value

$1,310,700$1,413,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Kensington
Under 5	2.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	23.8%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	9.3%	5.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	18.4%	9.2%
75 and over	14.1%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Kensington
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	63.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	30.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Beach	Kensington
No high school diploma	2.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	14.7%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	12.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	40.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Kensington
Drove alone	54.6%	30.4%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.8%
Public transit	13.0%	30.2%
Walked	4.3%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.7%
Worked from home	22.9%	27.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Kensington
1-unit, detached	87.1%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	20.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Beach	Kensington
Poverty rate	1.4%	8.2%
Average household size	2.46	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	45	41
Median year structure built	1958	1938