Fire Island vs Shoreham

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

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

Shoreham has the higher population (502 vs 445 in Fire Island). Shoreham has the higher median household income ($138,125 vs $90,179 in Fire Island). Shoreham has the higher median home value ($639,300 vs $608,500 in Fire Island).

Population, income & housing

	Fire Island	Shoreham
Population	445	502
Median age	48.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,179	$138,125
Median home value	$608,500	$639,300
Median gross rent	$1,750	—
Housing units	2,852	214
Homeownership rate	77.4%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	70.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fire Island	Shoreham
Population	293 → 445 (+51.9%)	447 → 502 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$106,875 → $90,179 (-15.6%)	$126,667 → $138,125 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$475,000 → $608,500 (+28.1%)	$527,100 → $639,300 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,750 (+16.7%)	$2,750 → $3,501 (+27.3%)

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

Shoreham

Population

447502

Median household income

$126,667$138,125

Median home value

$527,100$639,300

Median gross rent

$2,750$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fire Island	Shoreham
Under 5	2.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	21.9%
18 to 24	12.4%	10.2%
25 to 34	5.8%	3.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	17.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	19.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	18.1%
75 and over	9.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fire Island	Shoreham
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	82.9%
Black or African American	20.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	36.0%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fire Island	Shoreham
No high school diploma	20.6%	1.5%
High school graduate	16.8%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	40.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fire Island	Shoreham
Drove alone	54.8%	72.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	7.8%
Public transit	10.4%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	5.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	18.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fire Island	Shoreham
1-unit, detached	95.2%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fire Island	Shoreham
Poverty rate	3.2%	0.8%
Average household size	3.19	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	42	30
Median year structure built	1963	1952