Flanders vs Southold

A side-by-side comparison of Flanders and Southold: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Southold has the higher population (6,600 vs 6,388 in Flanders). Southold has the higher median household income ($114,743 vs $91,806 in Flanders). Southold has the higher median home value ($762,900 vs $387,100 in Flanders).

Population, income & housing

	Flanders	Southold
Population	6,388	6,600
Median age	35.1 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$91,806	$114,743
Median home value	$387,100	$762,900
Median gross rent	$2,239	$2,176
Housing units	2,291	4,013
Homeownership rate	63.8%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	51.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flanders	Southold
Population	5,750 → 6,388 (+11.1%)	5,904 → 6,600 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$87,311 → $91,806 (+5.1%)	$77,386 → $114,743 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$293,300 → $387,100 (+32.0%)	$590,600 → $762,900 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,889 → $2,239 (+18.5%)	$1,822 → $2,176 (+19.4%)

Flanders

Population

5,7506,388

Median household income

$87,311$91,806

Median home value

$293,300$387,100

Median gross rent

$1,889$2,239

Southold

Population

5,9046,600

Median household income

$77,386$114,743

Median home value

$590,600$762,900

Median gross rent

$1,822$2,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flanders	Southold
Under 5	12.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	11.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	4.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	6.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	21.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	16.0%
75 and over	6.4%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flanders	Southold
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	76.8%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.5%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	47.1%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flanders	Southold
No high school diploma	29.6%	9.7%
High school graduate	32.6%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flanders	Southold
Drove alone	72.8%	67.9%
Carpooled	20.3%	12.8%
Public transit	3.8%	4.6%
Walked	0.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	12.1%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flanders	Southold
1-unit, detached	94.0%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flanders	Southold
Poverty rate	23.9%	3.3%
Average household size	2.97	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1974	1971