Eastport vs Shelter Island

A side-by-side comparison of Eastport and Shelter Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shelter Island has the higher population (2,281 vs 2,259 in Eastport). Shelter Island has the higher median household income ($129,410 vs $129,034 in Eastport). Shelter Island has the higher median home value ($1,019,000 vs $632,200 in Eastport).

Population, income & housing

	Eastport	Shelter Island
Population	2,259	2,281
Median age	40.6 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$129,034	$129,410
Median home value	$632,200	$1,019,000
Median gross rent	$2,180	—
Housing units	887	1,488
Homeownership rate	91.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastport	Shelter Island
Population	1,917 → 2,259 (+17.8%)	2,062 → 2,281 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$117,188 → $129,034 (+10.1%)	$79,843 → $129,410 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$482,700 → $632,200 (+31.0%)	$778,400 → $1,019,000 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,361 → $2,180 (+60.2%)	—

Eastport

Population

1,9172,259

Median household income

$117,188$129,034

Median home value

$482,700$632,200

Median gross rent

$1,361$2,180

Shelter Island

Population

2,0622,281

Median household income

$79,843$129,410

Median home value

$778,400$1,019,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastport	Shelter Island
Under 5	3.8%	14.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	11.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	2.2%
35 to 44	22.8%	28.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	7.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	6.1%
65 to 74	15.5%	14.0%
75 and over	7.7%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastport	Shelter Island
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	56.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	10.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	26.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastport	Shelter Island
No high school diploma	6.3%	13.8%
High school graduate	20.0%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastport	Shelter Island
Drove alone	69.1%	40.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	10.6%
Public transit	9.8%	14.8%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	34.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastport	Shelter Island
1-unit, detached	75.9%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eastport	Shelter Island
Poverty rate	5.4%	1.2%
Average household size	2.83	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	36	37
Median year structure built	1981	1975