Aquebogue vs Village of the Branch

A side-by-side comparison of Aquebogue and Village of the Branch: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Village of the Branch has the higher population (1,813 vs 1,778 in Aquebogue). Village of the Branch has the higher median household income ($175,583 vs $128,309 in Aquebogue). Village of the Branch has the higher median home value ($656,500 vs $586,900 in Aquebogue).

Population, income & housing

	Aquebogue	Village of the Branch
Population	1,778	1,813
Median age	47.3 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$128,309	$175,583
Median home value	$586,900	$656,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,857
Housing units	924	584
Homeownership rate	95.7%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	62.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aquebogue	Village of the Branch
Population	2,042 → 1,778 (-12.9%)	1,549 → 1,813 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$125,099 → $128,309 (+2.6%)	$122,422 → $175,583 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$428,800 → $586,900 (+36.9%)	$566,100 → $656,500 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$1,774 → $1,857 (+4.7%)

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

Village of the Branch

Population

1,5491,813

Median household income

$122,422$175,583

Median home value

$566,100$656,500

Median gross rent

$1,774$1,857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aquebogue	Village of the Branch
Under 5	4.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	12.4%
25 to 34	6.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	4.8%	8.1%
45 to 54	19.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	21.2%	18.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.2%
75 and over	7.1%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aquebogue	Village of the Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aquebogue	Village of the Branch
No high school diploma	8.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	31.5%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aquebogue	Village of the Branch
Drove alone	85.4%	73.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	2.4%
Public transit	2.8%	7.6%
Walked	1.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aquebogue	Village of the Branch
1-unit, detached	91.1%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aquebogue	Village of the Branch
Poverty rate	2.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.89	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	35
Median year structure built	1981	1966