Centerport vs Southold

A side-by-side comparison of Centerport and Southold: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Southold has the higher population (6,600 vs 6,219 in Centerport). Centerport has the higher median household income ($192,530 vs $114,743 in Southold). Southold has the higher median home value ($762,900 vs $710,700 in Centerport).

Population, income & housing

	Centerport	Southold
Population	6,219	6,600
Median age	48.4 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$192,530	$114,743
Median home value	$710,700	$762,900
Median gross rent	$3,220	$2,176
Housing units	2,354	4,013
Homeownership rate	95.6%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.0%	51.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerport	Southold
Population	5,394 → 6,219 (+15.3%)	5,904 → 6,600 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$148,097 → $192,530 (+30.0%)	$77,386 → $114,743 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$607,700 → $710,700 (+16.9%)	$590,600 → $762,900 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,933 → $3,220 (+66.6%)	$1,822 → $2,176 (+19.4%)

Centerport

Population

5,3946,219

Median household income

$148,097$192,530

Median home value

$607,700$710,700

Median gross rent

$1,933$3,220

Southold

Population

5,9046,600

Median household income

$77,386$114,743

Median home value

$590,600$762,900

Median gross rent

$1,822$2,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerport	Southold
Under 5	5.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	19.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	18.5%	21.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	16.0%
75 and over	5.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerport	Southold
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	76.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.1%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerport	Southold
No high school diploma	1.6%	9.7%
High school graduate	9.1%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	42.8%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	29.1%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerport	Southold
Drove alone	62.2%	67.9%
Carpooled	1.6%	12.8%
Public transit	17.1%	4.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	12.1%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerport	Southold
1-unit, detached	94.6%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Centerport	Southold
Poverty rate	5.9%	3.3%
Average household size	2.71	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	36	26
Median year structure built	1958	1971