Aquebogue vs Shinnecock Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Aquebogue and Shinnecock Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shinnecock Hills has the higher population (1,944 vs 1,778 in Aquebogue). Shinnecock Hills has the higher median household income ($173,523 vs $128,309 in Aquebogue). Shinnecock Hills has the higher median home value ($964,600 vs $586,900 in Aquebogue).

Population, income & housing

	Aquebogue	Shinnecock Hills
Population	1,778	1,944
Median age	47.3 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$128,309	$173,523
Median home value	$586,900	$964,600
Housing units	924	1,595
Homeownership rate	95.7%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	64.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aquebogue	Shinnecock Hills
Population	2,042 → 1,778 (-12.9%)	2,202 → 1,944 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$125,099 → $128,309 (+2.6%)	$135,938 → $173,523 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$428,800 → $586,900 (+36.9%)	$788,100 → $964,600 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$2,660 → $3,000 (+12.8%)

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

Shinnecock Hills

Population

2,2021,944

Median household income

$135,938$173,523

Median home value

$788,100$964,600

Median gross rent

$2,660$3,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aquebogue	Shinnecock Hills
Under 5	4.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.2%	4.2%
35 to 44	4.8%	8.9%
45 to 54	19.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	21.2%	18.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	14.0%
75 and over	7.1%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aquebogue	Shinnecock Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aquebogue	Shinnecock Hills
No high school diploma	8.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	31.5%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aquebogue	Shinnecock Hills
Drove alone	85.4%	49.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.6%
Public transit	2.8%	12.2%
Walked	1.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aquebogue	Shinnecock Hills
1-unit, detached	91.1%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aquebogue	Shinnecock Hills
Poverty rate	2.1%	1.8%
Average household size	2.89	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1981	1989