Amagansett vs Wainscott

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

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

Amagansett has the higher population (651 vs 587 in Wainscott). Amagansett has the higher median household income ($172,241 vs $135,625 in Wainscott). Wainscott has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,761,600 in Amagansett).

Population, income & housing

	Amagansett	Wainscott
Population	651	587
Median age	59.4 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$172,241	$135,625
Median home value	$1,761,600	$2,000,001
Housing units	1,565	895
Homeownership rate	100.0%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.4%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amagansett	Wainscott
Population	739 → 651 (-11.9%)	349 → 587 (+68.2%)
Median household income	$104,120 → $172,241 (+65.4%)	$144,375 → $135,625 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$1,532,400 → $1,761,600 (+15.0%)	$1,677,100 → $2,000,001 (+19.3%)

Amagansett

Population

739651

Median household income

$104,120$172,241

Median home value

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

Wainscott

Population

349587

Median household income

$144,375$135,625

Median home value

$1,677,100$2,000,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amagansett	Wainscott
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.0%	4.8%
18 to 24	11.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	0.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	1.4%	6.5%
45 to 54	17.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	21.0%	17.9%
65 to 74	18.4%	16.4%
75 and over	22.4%	25.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amagansett	Wainscott
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amagansett	Wainscott
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	23.0%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	6.6%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	38.0%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	32.4%	25.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amagansett	Wainscott
Drove alone	80.6%	59.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	5.3%
Walked	7.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	28.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amagansett	Wainscott
1-unit, detached	95.4%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Amagansett	Wainscott
Poverty rate	0.8%	14.3%
Average household size	2.09	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	40	14
Median year structure built	1982	1990