Belle Terre vs Peconic

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

Belle Terre 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 766 in Belle Terre). Belle Terre has the higher median household income ($178,750 vs $103,654 in Peconic). Belle Terre has the higher median home value ($1,079,700 vs $819,400 in Peconic).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Terre	Peconic
Population	766	771
Median age	52.2 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$178,750	$103,654
Median home value	$1,079,700	$819,400
Housing units	297	519
Homeownership rate	98.2%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.0%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Terre	Peconic
Population	697 → 766 (+9.9%)	812 → 771 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$194,583 → $178,750 (-8.1%)	$91,393 → $103,654 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$909,800 → $1,079,700 (+18.7%)	$644,300 → $819,400 (+27.2%)

Belle Terre

Population

697766

Median household income

$194,583$178,750

Median home value

$909,800$1,079,700

Peconic

Population

812771

Median household income

$91,393$103,654

Median home value

$644,300$819,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Terre	Peconic
Under 5	0.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	6.7%	8.7%
35 to 44	5.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	19.5%
65 to 74	15.5%	7.5%
75 and over	14.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Terre	Peconic
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	92.1%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Terre	Peconic
No high school diploma	0.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	16.3%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	42.3%	31.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Terre	Peconic
Drove alone	75.8%	31.5%
Carpooled	1.9%	0.0%
Public transit	4.7%	22.2%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	39.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Terre	Peconic
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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

	Belle Terre	Peconic
Poverty rate	4.1%	1.2%
Average household size	2.78	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1965	1977