Fire Island vs New Suffolk

A side-by-side comparison of Fire Island and New Suffolk: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fire Island has the higher population (445 vs 293 in New Suffolk). New Suffolk has the higher median household income ($121,500 vs $90,179 in Fire Island). New Suffolk has the higher median home value ($1,033,700 vs $608,500 in Fire Island).

Population, income & housing

	Fire Island	New Suffolk
Population	445	293
Median age	48.7 yrs	60.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,179	$121,500
Median home value	$608,500	$1,033,700
Median gross rent	$1,750	—
Housing units	2,852	291
Homeownership rate	77.4%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	68.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fire Island	New Suffolk
Population	293 → 445 (+51.9%)	250 → 293 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$106,875 → $90,179 (-15.6%)	$69,886 → $121,500 (+73.9%)
Median home value	$475,000 → $608,500 (+28.1%)	$789,100 → $1,033,700 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,750 (+16.7%)	$1,583 → $2,250 (+42.1%)

Fire Island

Population

293445

Median household income

$106,875$90,179

Median home value

$475,000$608,500

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,750

New Suffolk

Population

250293

Median household income

$69,886$121,500

Median home value

$789,100$1,033,700

Median gross rent

$1,583$2,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fire Island	New Suffolk
Under 5	2.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	5.5%
18 to 24	12.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	5.8%	3.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	2.0%
45 to 54	17.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	19.3%	21.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	24.6%
75 and over	9.0%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fire Island	New Suffolk
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	92.5%
Black or African American	20.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	36.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fire Island	New Suffolk
No high school diploma	20.6%	2.1%
High school graduate	16.8%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	47.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fire Island	New Suffolk
Drove alone	54.8%	50.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	0.0%
Public transit	10.4%	28.2%
Walked	9.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	20.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fire Island	New Suffolk
1-unit, detached	95.2%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fire Island	New Suffolk
Poverty rate	3.2%	6.5%
Average household size	3.19	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	42	55
Median year structure built	1963	1954