Asharoken vs Wainscott

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

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

Asharoken has the higher population (712 vs 587 in Wainscott). Asharoken has the higher median household income ($139,094 vs $135,625 in Wainscott). Wainscott has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,202,800 in Asharoken).

Population, income & housing

	Asharoken	Wainscott
Population	712	587
Median age	57.0 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$139,094	$135,625
Median home value	$1,202,800	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,275	—
Housing units	335	895
Homeownership rate	89.2%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Asharoken	Wainscott
Population	440 → 712 (+61.8%)	349 → 587 (+68.2%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $139,094 (-44.4%)	$144,375 → $135,625 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$1,159,600 → $1,202,800 (+3.7%)	$1,677,100 → $2,000,001 (+19.3%)
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

Wainscott

Population

349587

Median household income

$144,375$135,625

Median home value

$1,677,100$2,000,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Asharoken	Wainscott
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	4.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	3.1%
25 to 34	5.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	6.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	20.1%	17.9%
65 to 74	20.6%	16.4%
75 and over	11.5%	25.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Asharoken	Wainscott
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Asharoken	Wainscott
No high school diploma	0.6%	1.5%
High school graduate	14.5%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	25.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Asharoken	Wainscott
Drove alone	46.2%	59.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	3.5%
Public transit	11.7%	5.3%
Walked	3.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.2%	28.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Asharoken	Wainscott
1-unit, detached	98.5%	99.3%
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%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Asharoken	Wainscott
Poverty rate	9.1%	14.3%
Average household size	2.33	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	48	14
Median year structure built	1962	1990