Eastport vs Water Mill

A side-by-side comparison of Eastport and Water Mill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eastport has the higher population (2,259 vs 2,218 in Water Mill). Water Mill has the higher median household income ($158,250 vs $129,034 in Eastport). Water Mill has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $632,200 in Eastport).

Population, income & housing

	Eastport	Water Mill
Population	2,259	2,218
Median age	40.6 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$129,034	$158,250
Median home value	$632,200	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,180	$3,150
Housing units	887	2,374
Homeownership rate	91.0%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	77.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastport	Water Mill
Population	1,917 → 2,259 (+17.8%)	1,631 → 2,218 (+36.0%)
Median household income	$117,188 → $129,034 (+10.1%)	$155,278 → $158,250 (+1.9%)
Median home value	$482,700 → $632,200 (+31.0%)	$1,611,900 → $2,000,001 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,361 → $2,180 (+60.2%)	$2,681 → $3,150 (+17.5%)

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

Water Mill

Population

1,6312,218

Median household income

$155,278$158,250

Median home value

$1,611,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,681$3,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastport	Water Mill
Under 5	3.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	7.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	3.9%
25 to 34	6.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	22.8%	7.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.4%	24.9%
65 to 74	15.5%	12.2%
75 and over	7.7%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastport	Water Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	86.4%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastport	Water Mill
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	20.0%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	6.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	42.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	34.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastport	Water Mill
Drove alone	69.1%	39.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	1.9%
Public transit	9.8%	5.2%
Walked	1.0%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	43.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastport	Water Mill
1-unit, detached	75.9%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Eastport	Water Mill
Poverty rate	5.4%	3.4%
Average household size	2.83	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	36	23
Median year structure built	1981	1993