Brookhaven vs Cutchogue

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

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

Brookhaven has the higher population (3,080 vs 2,903 in Cutchogue). Cutchogue has the higher median household income ($137,581 vs $95,345 in Brookhaven). Cutchogue has the higher median home value ($890,700 vs $577,000 in Brookhaven).

Population, income & housing

	Brookhaven	Cutchogue
Population	3,080	2,903
Median age	49.9 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,345	$137,581
Median home value	$577,000	$890,700
Median gross rent	$1,908	$2,176
Housing units	1,118	2,007
Homeownership rate	74.2%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	55.6%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookhaven	Cutchogue
Population	3,455 → 3,080 (-10.9%)	3,200 → 2,903 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$68,884 → $95,345 (+38.4%)	$99,601 → $137,581 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$417,100 → $577,000 (+38.3%)	$568,100 → $890,700 (+56.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,523 → $1,908 (+25.3%)	$1,569 → $2,176 (+38.7%)

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

Cutchogue

Population

3,2002,903

Median household income

$99,601$137,581

Median home value

$568,100$890,700

Median gross rent

$1,569$2,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookhaven	Cutchogue
Under 5	4.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	9.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.6%	7.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	17.8%	20.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	21.3%
75 and over	14.3%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookhaven	Cutchogue
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	94.3%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookhaven	Cutchogue
No high school diploma	6.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookhaven	Cutchogue
Drove alone	77.6%	66.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	4.7%
Public transit	2.9%	2.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.9%	22.4%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookhaven	Cutchogue
1-unit, detached	89.4%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookhaven	Cutchogue
Poverty rate	17.5%	5.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1965	1970