Asharoken vs Belle Terre

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

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

Belle Terre has the higher population (766 vs 712 in Asharoken). Belle Terre has the higher median household income ($178,750 vs $139,094 in Asharoken). Asharoken has the higher median home value ($1,202,800 vs $1,079,700 in Belle Terre).

Population, income & housing

	Asharoken	Belle Terre
Population	712	766
Median age	57.0 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$139,094	$178,750
Median home value	$1,202,800	$1,079,700
Median gross rent	$3,275	—
Housing units	335	297
Homeownership rate	89.2%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Asharoken	Belle Terre
Population	440 → 712 (+61.8%)	697 → 766 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $139,094 (-44.4%)	$194,583 → $178,750 (-8.1%)
Median home value	$1,159,600 → $1,202,800 (+3.7%)	$909,800 → $1,079,700 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$3,167 → $3,275 (+3.4%)	—

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

Belle Terre

Population

697766

Median household income

$194,583$178,750

Median home value

$909,800$1,079,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Asharoken	Belle Terre
Under 5	2.1%	0.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	5.3%	6.7%
35 to 44	7.6%	5.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	20.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	20.6%	15.5%
75 and over	11.5%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Asharoken	Belle Terre
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Asharoken	Belle Terre
No high school diploma	0.6%	0.4%
High school graduate	14.5%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	42.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Asharoken	Belle Terre
Drove alone	46.2%	75.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	1.9%
Public transit	11.7%	4.7%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.2%	15.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Asharoken	Belle Terre
1-unit, detached	98.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Asharoken	Belle Terre
Poverty rate	9.1%	4.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	48	33
Median year structure built	1962	1965