Brightwaters vs Brookhaven

A side-by-side comparison of Brightwaters and Brookhaven: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brightwaters has the higher population (3,185 vs 3,080 in Brookhaven). Brightwaters has the higher median household income ($203,750 vs $95,345 in Brookhaven). Brightwaters has the higher median home value ($710,600 vs $577,000 in Brookhaven).

Population, income & housing

	Brightwaters	Brookhaven
Population	3,185	3,080
Median age	40.4 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$203,750	$95,345
Median home value	$710,600	$577,000
Median gross rent	$1,986	$1,908
Housing units	1,033	1,118
Homeownership rate	96.2%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.4%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brightwaters	Brookhaven
Population	3,075 → 3,185 (+3.6%)	3,455 → 3,080 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$127,931 → $203,750 (+59.3%)	$68,884 → $95,345 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$515,800 → $710,600 (+37.8%)	$417,100 → $577,000 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,542 → $1,986 (-21.9%)	$1,523 → $1,908 (+25.3%)

Brightwaters

Population

3,0753,185

Median household income

$127,931$203,750

Median home value

$515,800$710,600

Median gross rent

$2,542$1,986

Brookhaven

Population

3,4553,080

Median household income

$68,884$95,345

Median home value

$417,100$577,000

Median gross rent

$1,523$1,908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brightwaters	Brookhaven
Under 5	4.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	24.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	9.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	17.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.0%
75 and over	4.3%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brightwaters	Brookhaven
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	78.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brightwaters	Brookhaven
No high school diploma	0.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	13.2%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brightwaters	Brookhaven
Drove alone	67.4%	77.6%
Carpooled	2.5%	6.6%
Public transit	5.7%	2.9%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	10.9%
Other means	2.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brightwaters	Brookhaven
1-unit, detached	97.7%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brightwaters	Brookhaven
Poverty rate	0.2%	17.5%
Average household size	3.08	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1945	1965