East Setauket vs Terryville

A side-by-side comparison of East Setauket and Terryville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Terryville has the higher population (10,962 vs 10,385 in East Setauket). East Setauket has the higher median household income ($149,820 vs $112,262 in Terryville). East Setauket has the higher median home value ($613,300 vs $445,100 in Terryville).

Population, income & housing

	East Setauket	Terryville
Population	10,385	10,962
Median age	43.7 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$149,820	$112,262
Median home value	$613,300	$445,100
Median gross rent	$2,189	$2,242
Housing units	3,949	4,074
Homeownership rate	88.2%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.5%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Setauket	Terryville
Population	9,531 → 10,385 (+9.0%)	12,764 → 10,962 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$140,774 → $149,820 (+6.4%)	$110,504 → $112,262 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$474,200 → $613,300 (+29.3%)	$369,900 → $445,100 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,632 → $2,189 (+34.1%)	$2,355 → $2,242 (-4.8%)

East Setauket

Population

9,53110,385

Median household income

$140,774$149,820

Median home value

$474,200$613,300

Median gross rent

$1,632$2,189

Terryville

Population

12,76410,962

Median household income

$110,504$112,262

Median home value

$369,900$445,100

Median gross rent

$2,355$2,242

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Setauket	Terryville
Under 5	3.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	19.7%
18 to 24	11.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	15.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	16.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.7%
75 and over	5.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Setauket	Terryville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.5%	69.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	9.8%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Setauket	Terryville
No high school diploma	1.9%	12.1%
High school graduate	15.2%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	36.3%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Setauket	Terryville
Drove alone	77.9%	87.5%
Carpooled	4.5%	3.7%
Public transit	3.3%	2.5%
Walked	0.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	3.7%
Other means	0.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Setauket	Terryville
1-unit, detached	76.6%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	East Setauket	Terryville
Poverty rate	3.8%	2.5%
Average household size	2.78	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1972	1972