Barnum Island vs Bellerose Terrace

A side-by-side comparison of Barnum Island and Bellerose Terrace: population, income, housing, and more.

Barnum Island and Bellerose Terrace are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bellerose Terrace has the higher population (2,180 vs 2,173 in Barnum Island). Bellerose Terrace has the higher median household income ($160,443 vs $118,160 in Barnum Island). Barnum Island has the higher median home value ($680,500 vs $562,700 in Bellerose Terrace).

Population, income & housing

	Barnum Island	Bellerose Terrace
Population	2,173	2,180
Median age	50.1 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$118,160	$160,443
Median home value	$680,500	$562,700
Median gross rent	$3,306	$1,555
Housing units	930	736
Homeownership rate	76.1%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnum Island	Bellerose Terrace
Population	2,416 → 2,173 (-10.1%)	2,056 → 2,180 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$97,059 → $118,160 (+21.7%)	$109,219 → $160,443 (+46.9%)
Median home value	$477,700 → $680,500 (+42.5%)	$447,000 → $562,700 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,917 → $3,306 (+72.5%)	$1,201 → $1,555 (+29.5%)

Barnum Island

Population

2,4162,173

Median household income

$97,059$118,160

Median home value

$477,700$680,500

Median gross rent

$1,917$3,306

Bellerose Terrace

Population

2,0562,180

Median household income

$109,219$160,443

Median home value

$447,000$562,700

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnum Island	Bellerose Terrace
Under 5	8.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.5%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	11.2%
25 to 34	16.8%	19.1%
35 to 44	7.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	20.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	13.7%
75 and over	14.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnum Island	Bellerose Terrace
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	11.9%
Black or African American	4.7%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	3.1%	60.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	8.9%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnum Island	Bellerose Terrace
No high school diploma	8.4%	12.7%
High school graduate	24.6%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnum Island	Bellerose Terrace
Drove alone	68.0%	56.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.3%
Public transit	1.2%	9.9%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.4%	20.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnum Island	Bellerose Terrace
1-unit, detached	71.3%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	29.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnum Island	Bellerose Terrace
Poverty rate	8.2%	3.2%
Average household size	2.45	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	42	37
Median year structure built	1966	1938