Fishers Island vs West Hampton Dunes

A side-by-side comparison of Fishers Island and West Hampton Dunes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Hampton Dunes has the higher population (101 vs 53 in Fishers Island). West Hampton Dunes has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $51,964 in Fishers Island). Since 2019, West Hampton Dunes's population has grown faster (+48.5% vs -57.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Fishers Island	West Hampton Dunes
Population	53	101
Median age	39.6 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,964	$250,001
Median home value	—	$2,000,001
Housing units	166	288
Homeownership rate	17.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	76.3%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fishers Island	West Hampton Dunes
Population	125 → 53 (-57.6%)	68 → 101 (+48.5%)
Median household income	$61,125 → $51,964 (-15.0%)	$155,000 → $250,001 (+61.3%)
Median home value	—	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)

Fishers Island

Population

12553

Median household income

$61,125$51,964

West Hampton Dunes

Population

68101

Median household income

$155,000$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fishers Island	West Hampton Dunes
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	4.0%
18 to 24	13.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.1%	20.8%
35 to 44	17.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	28.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	42.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.9%
75 and over	0.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fishers Island	West Hampton Dunes
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	West Hampton Dunes
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.8%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	61.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fishers Island	West Hampton Dunes
Drove alone	30.0%	61.4%
Carpooled	13.3%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	7.0%
Walked	36.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	19.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fishers Island	West Hampton Dunes
1-unit, detached	93.4%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fishers Island	West Hampton Dunes
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.9%
Average household size	1.94	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	—	62
Median year structure built	1954	1995