Blue Point vs Northwest Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Point and Northwest Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northwest Harbor has the higher population (4,966 vs 4,622 in Blue Point). Blue Point has the higher median household income ($148,684 vs $129,653 in Northwest Harbor). Northwest Harbor has the higher median home value ($1,328,200 vs $607,300 in Blue Point).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Point	Northwest Harbor
Population	4,622	4,966
Median age	46.6 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$148,684	$129,653
Median home value	$607,300	$1,328,200
Median gross rent	$2,207	$1,818
Housing units	2,163	3,970
Homeownership rate	85.9%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	60.7%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Point	Northwest Harbor
Population	4,942 → 4,622 (-6.5%)	3,557 → 4,966 (+39.6%)
Median household income	$119,837 → $148,684 (+24.1%)	$167,167 → $129,653 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$448,600 → $607,300 (+35.4%)	$933,100 → $1,328,200 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,722 → $2,207 (+28.2%)	$1,394 → $1,818 (+30.4%)

Blue Point

Population

4,9424,622

Median household income

$119,837$148,684

Median home value

$448,600$607,300

Median gross rent

$1,722$2,207

Northwest Harbor

Population

3,5574,966

Median household income

$167,167$129,653

Median home value

$933,100$1,328,200

Median gross rent

$1,394$1,818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Point	Northwest Harbor
Under 5	4.3%	9.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	7.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	5.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	17.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	20.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	15.4%
75 and over	11.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Point	Northwest Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	63.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Point	Northwest Harbor
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	20.6%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Point	Northwest Harbor
Drove alone	65.7%	55.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	0.2%
Public transit	11.2%	4.9%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	33.7%
Other means	0.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Point	Northwest Harbor
1-unit, detached	77.8%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	16.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Point	Northwest Harbor
Poverty rate	7.4%	22.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	45	26
Median year structure built	1966	1986