Brookhaven vs Riverside

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

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

Riverside has the higher population (3,538 vs 3,080 in Brookhaven). Brookhaven has the higher median household income ($95,345 vs $41,397 in Riverside). Since 2019, Riverside's population has grown faster (+49.8% vs -10.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Brookhaven	Riverside
Population	3,080	3,538
Median age	49.9 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,345	$41,397
Median home value	$577,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,908	$2,612
Housing units	1,118	1,056
Homeownership rate	74.2%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	16.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookhaven	Riverside
Population	3,455 → 3,080 (-10.9%)	2,362 → 3,538 (+49.8%)
Median household income	$68,884 → $95,345 (+38.4%)	$42,986 → $41,397 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$417,100 → $577,000 (+38.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,523 → $1,908 (+25.3%)	$1,528 → $2,612 (+70.9%)

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

Riverside

Population

2,3623,538

Median household income

$42,986$41,397

Median gross rent

$1,528$2,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookhaven	Riverside
Under 5	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	8.6%	27.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	17.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.8%
75 and over	14.3%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookhaven	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	50.8%
Black or African American	5.9%	18.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookhaven	Riverside
No high school diploma	6.7%	20.8%
High school graduate	29.4%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookhaven	Riverside
Drove alone	77.6%	77.3%
Carpooled	6.6%	4.5%
Public transit	2.9%	3.5%
Walked	0.0%	13.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	1.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookhaven	Riverside
1-unit, detached	89.4%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	10.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	43.4%

Poverty & households

	Brookhaven	Riverside
Poverty rate	17.5%	26.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	40
Median year structure built	1965	1976