Fishers Island vs Ocean Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Fishers Island and Ocean Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fishers Island has the higher population (53 vs 36 in Ocean Beach). Ocean Beach has the higher median household income ($84,688 vs $51,964 in Fishers Island). Since 2019, Ocean Beach's population has grown faster (+12.5% vs -57.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Fishers Island	Ocean Beach
Population	53	36
Median age	39.6 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,964	$84,688
Median home value	—	$968,800
Housing units	166	605
Homeownership rate	17.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fishers Island	Ocean Beach
Population	125 → 53 (-57.6%)	32 → 36 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$61,125 → $51,964 (-15.0%)	$77,273 → $84,688 (+9.6%)
Median home value	—	$609,400 → $968,800 (+59.0%)

Fishers Island

Population

12553

Median household income

$61,125$51,964

Ocean Beach

Population

3236

Median household income

$77,273$84,688

Median home value

$609,400$968,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fishers Island	Ocean Beach
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	13.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.0%	16.7%
45 to 54	28.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	58.3%
75 and over	0.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fishers Island	Ocean Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	58.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	17.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fishers Island	Ocean Beach
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.8%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fishers Island	Ocean Beach
Drove alone	30.0%	33.3%
Carpooled	13.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	36.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	66.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fishers Island	Ocean Beach
1-unit, detached	93.4%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Fishers Island	Ocean Beach
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.94	1.71
Median year structure built	1954	1944