Asharoken vs Peconic

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

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

Peconic has the higher population (771 vs 712 in Asharoken). Asharoken has the higher median household income ($139,094 vs $103,654 in Peconic). Asharoken has the higher median home value ($1,202,800 vs $819,400 in Peconic).

Population, income & housing

	Asharoken	Peconic
Population	712	771
Median age	57.0 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$139,094	$103,654
Median home value	$1,202,800	$819,400
Median gross rent	$3,275	—
Housing units	335	519
Homeownership rate	89.2%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Asharoken	Peconic
Population	440 → 712 (+61.8%)	812 → 771 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $139,094 (-44.4%)	$91,393 → $103,654 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$1,159,600 → $1,202,800 (+3.7%)	$644,300 → $819,400 (+27.2%)
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

Peconic

Population

812771

Median household income

$91,393$103,654

Median home value

$644,300$819,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Asharoken	Peconic
Under 5	2.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	5.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	20.1%	19.5%
65 to 74	20.6%	7.5%
75 and over	11.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Asharoken	Peconic
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Asharoken	Peconic
No high school diploma	0.6%	1.7%
High school graduate	14.5%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	31.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Asharoken	Peconic
Drove alone	46.2%	31.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	0.0%
Public transit	11.7%	22.2%
Walked	3.8%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.2%	39.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Asharoken	Peconic
1-unit, detached	98.5%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.5%
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	Peconic
Poverty rate	9.1%	1.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	48	28
Median year structure built	1962	1977