East Islip vs Stony Brook

A side-by-side comparison of East Islip and Stony Brook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Islip has the higher population (13,687 vs 12,827 in Stony Brook). Stony Brook has the higher median household income ($162,054 vs $146,890 in East Islip). Stony Brook has the higher median home value ($587,300 vs $577,600 in East Islip).

Population, income & housing

	East Islip	Stony Brook
Population	13,687	12,827
Median age	41.3 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$146,890	$162,054
Median home value	$577,600	$587,300
Median gross rent	$2,202	$2,643
Housing units	4,811	4,964
Homeownership rate	90.0%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Islip	Stony Brook
Population	13,222 → 13,687 (+3.5%)	12,428 → 12,827 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$125,000 → $146,890 (+17.5%)	$120,476 → $162,054 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$416,000 → $577,600 (+38.8%)	$461,800 → $587,300 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,914 → $2,202 (+15.0%)	$2,205 → $2,643 (+19.9%)

East Islip

Population

13,22213,687

Median household income

$125,000$146,890

Median home value

$416,000$577,600

Median gross rent

$1,914$2,202

Stony Brook

Population

12,42812,827

Median household income

$120,476$162,054

Median home value

$461,800$587,300

Median gross rent

$2,205$2,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Islip	Stony Brook
Under 5	4.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	16.2%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.9%
75 and over	7.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Islip	Stony Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	77.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Islip	Stony Brook
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.0%
High school graduate	24.0%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	44.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Islip	Stony Brook
Drove alone	80.8%	71.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.2%
Public transit	2.8%	4.4%
Walked	1.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	8.9%	16.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Islip	Stony Brook
1-unit, detached	86.0%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.6%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	East Islip	Stony Brook
Poverty rate	4.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.90	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1958	1966