Fire Island vs Wainscott

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

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

Wainscott has the higher population (587 vs 445 in Fire Island). Wainscott has the higher median household income ($135,625 vs $90,179 in Fire Island). Wainscott has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $608,500 in Fire Island).

Population, income & housing

	Fire Island	Wainscott
Population	445	587
Median age	48.7 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,179	$135,625
Median home value	$608,500	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,750	—
Housing units	2,852	895
Homeownership rate	77.4%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fire Island	Wainscott
Population	293 → 445 (+51.9%)	349 → 587 (+68.2%)
Median household income	$106,875 → $90,179 (-15.6%)	$144,375 → $135,625 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$475,000 → $608,500 (+28.1%)	$1,677,100 → $2,000,001 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,750 (+16.7%)	—

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

Wainscott

Population

349587

Median household income

$144,375$135,625

Median home value

$1,677,100$2,000,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fire Island	Wainscott
Under 5	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	4.8%
18 to 24	12.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	5.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	6.5%
45 to 54	17.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	19.3%	17.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	16.4%
75 and over	9.0%	25.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fire Island	Wainscott
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	83.6%
Black or African American	20.2%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	36.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fire Island	Wainscott
No high school diploma	20.6%	1.5%
High school graduate	16.8%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	25.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fire Island	Wainscott
Drove alone	54.8%	59.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	3.5%
Public transit	10.4%	5.3%
Walked	9.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	5.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	28.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fire Island	Wainscott
1-unit, detached	95.2%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Fire Island	Wainscott
Poverty rate	3.2%	14.3%
Average household size	3.19	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	42	14
Median year structure built	1963	1990