Blue Point vs Southampton

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

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

Blue Point has the higher population (4,622 vs 4,557 in Southampton). Southampton has the higher median household income ($177,045 vs $148,684 in Blue Point). Southampton has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $607,300 in Blue Point).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Point	Southampton
Population	4,622	4,557
Median age	46.6 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$148,684	$177,045
Median home value	$607,300	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,207	$2,180
Housing units	2,163	3,945
Homeownership rate	85.9%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	65.6%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Point	Southampton
Population	4,942 → 4,622 (-6.5%)	3,285 → 4,557 (+38.7%)
Median household income	$119,837 → $148,684 (+24.1%)	$122,614 → $177,045 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$448,600 → $607,300 (+35.4%)	$1,226,400 → $2,000,001 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,722 → $2,207 (+28.2%)	$1,870 → $2,180 (+16.6%)

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

Southampton

Population

3,2854,557

Median household income

$122,614$177,045

Median home value

$1,226,400$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$1,870$2,180

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Point	Southampton
Under 5	4.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	3.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	5.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	21.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	16.3%
75 and over	11.1%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Point	Southampton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Point	Southampton
No high school diploma	2.1%	1.4%
High school graduate	20.6%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	34.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Point	Southampton
Drove alone	65.7%	36.6%
Carpooled	4.9%	3.2%
Public transit	11.2%	8.3%
Walked	0.0%	17.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	17.7%	28.7%
Other means	0.5%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Point	Southampton
1-unit, detached	77.8%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	16.2%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Blue Point	Southampton
Poverty rate	7.4%	5.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	45	22
Median year structure built	1966	1981