Aquebogue vs Great River

A side-by-side comparison of Aquebogue and Great River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Great River has the higher population (1,880 vs 1,778 in Aquebogue). Great River has the higher median household income ($133,385 vs $128,309 in Aquebogue). Great River has the higher median home value ($792,100 vs $586,900 in Aquebogue).

Population, income & housing

	Aquebogue	Great River
Population	1,778	1,880
Median age	47.3 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$128,309	$133,385
Median home value	$586,900	$792,100
Median gross rent	—	$2,982
Housing units	924	927
Homeownership rate	95.7%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	55.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aquebogue	Great River
Population	2,042 → 1,778 (-12.9%)	1,405 → 1,880 (+33.8%)
Median household income	$125,099 → $128,309 (+2.6%)	$128,523 → $133,385 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$428,800 → $586,900 (+36.9%)	$646,500 → $792,100 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$2,661 → $2,982 (+12.1%)

Aquebogue

Population

2,0421,778

Median household income

$125,099$128,309

Median home value

$428,800$586,900

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Great River

Population

1,4051,880

Median household income

$128,523$133,385

Median home value

$646,500$792,100

Median gross rent

$2,661$2,982

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aquebogue	Great River
Under 5	4.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	9.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	6.2%	16.1%
35 to 44	4.8%	7.1%
45 to 54	19.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	21.2%	19.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	13.6%
75 and over	7.1%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aquebogue	Great River
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aquebogue	Great River
No high school diploma	8.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	31.5%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	34.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aquebogue	Great River
Drove alone	85.4%	73.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	5.4%
Public transit	2.8%	10.7%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aquebogue	Great River
1-unit, detached	91.1%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aquebogue	Great River
Poverty rate	2.1%	2.6%
Average household size	2.89	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1981	1970