Sea Cliff vs Searingtown

A side-by-side comparison of Sea Cliff and Searingtown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sea Cliff has the higher population (5,037 vs 4,786 in Searingtown). Searingtown has the higher median household income ($215,817 vs $185,650 in Sea Cliff). Searingtown has the higher median home value ($1,073,000 vs $926,500 in Sea Cliff).

Population, income & housing

	Sea Cliff	Searingtown
Population	5,037	4,786
Median age	41.3 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$185,650	$215,817
Median home value	$926,500	$1,073,000
Median gross rent	$2,268	—
Housing units	1,977	1,630
Homeownership rate	81.9%	97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.5%	74.0%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sea Cliff	Searingtown
Population	5,038 → 5,037 (-0.0%)	4,593 → 4,786 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$132,545 → $185,650 (+40.1%)	$161,188 → $215,817 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$719,500 → $926,500 (+28.8%)	$868,400 → $1,073,000 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,263 → $2,268 (+0.2%)	—

Sea Cliff

Population

5,0385,037

Median household income

$132,545$185,650

Median home value

$719,500$926,500

Median gross rent

$2,263$2,268

Searingtown

Population

4,5934,786

Median household income

$161,188$215,817

Median home value

$868,400$1,073,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sea Cliff	Searingtown
Under 5	6.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	20.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	5.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	17.7%	16.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	19.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.6%
75 and over	6.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sea Cliff	Searingtown
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	36.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	52.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sea Cliff	Searingtown
No high school diploma	2.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	18.7%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	36.7%	38.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sea Cliff	Searingtown
Drove alone	64.8%	68.3%
Carpooled	1.8%	8.3%
Public transit	9.1%	6.3%
Walked	2.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.6%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sea Cliff	Searingtown
1-unit, detached	84.4%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Sea Cliff	Searingtown
Poverty rate	1.6%	2.7%
Average household size	2.84	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	36	35
Median year structure built	1938	1962