Amagansett vs Asharoken

A side-by-side comparison of Amagansett and Asharoken: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Asharoken has the higher population (712 vs 651 in Amagansett). Amagansett has the higher median household income ($172,241 vs $139,094 in Asharoken). Amagansett has the higher median home value ($1,761,600 vs $1,202,800 in Asharoken).

Population, income & housing

	Amagansett	Asharoken
Population	651	712
Median age	59.4 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$172,241	$139,094
Median home value	$1,761,600	$1,202,800
Median gross rent	—	$3,275
Housing units	1,565	335
Homeownership rate	100.0%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.4%	53.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amagansett	Asharoken
Population	739 → 651 (-11.9%)	440 → 712 (+61.8%)
Median household income	$104,120 → $172,241 (+65.4%)	$250,001 → $139,094 (-44.4%)
Median home value	$1,532,400 → $1,761,600 (+15.0%)	$1,159,600 → $1,202,800 (+3.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$3,167 → $3,275 (+3.4%)

Amagansett

Population

739651

Median household income

$104,120$172,241

Median home value

$1,532,400$1,761,600

Asharoken

Population

440712

Median household income

$250,001$139,094

Median home value

$1,159,600$1,202,800

Median gross rent

$3,167$3,275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amagansett	Asharoken
Under 5	5.7%	2.1%
5 to 17	2.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	11.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	0.3%	5.3%
35 to 44	1.4%	7.6%
45 to 54	17.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	21.0%	20.1%
65 to 74	18.4%	20.6%
75 and over	22.4%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amagansett	Asharoken
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amagansett	Asharoken
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	23.0%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	6.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	38.0%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	32.4%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amagansett	Asharoken
Drove alone	80.6%	46.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	11.7%
Walked	7.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	29.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amagansett	Asharoken
1-unit, detached	95.4%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amagansett	Asharoken
Poverty rate	0.8%	9.1%
Average household size	2.09	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	40	48
Median year structure built	1982	1962