Great River vs Huntington Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Great River and Huntington Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Great River has the higher population (1,880 vs 1,853 in Huntington Bay). Huntington Bay has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $133,385 in Great River). Huntington Bay has the higher median home value ($1,476,200 vs $792,100 in Great River).

Population, income & housing

	Great River	Huntington Bay
Population	1,880	1,853
Median age	52.3 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$133,385	$250,001
Median home value	$792,100	$1,476,200
Median gross rent	$2,982	—
Housing units	927	745
Homeownership rate	63.9%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.6%	82.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great River	Huntington Bay
Population	1,405 → 1,880 (+33.8%)	1,390 → 1,853 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$128,523 → $133,385 (+3.8%)	$176,875 → $250,001 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$646,500 → $792,100 (+22.5%)	$1,164,900 → $1,476,200 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,661 → $2,982 (+12.1%)	—

Great River

Population

1,4051,880

Median household income

$128,523$133,385

Median home value

$646,500$792,100

Median gross rent

$2,661$2,982

Huntington Bay

Population

1,3901,853

Median household income

$176,875$250,001

Median home value

$1,164,900$1,476,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great River	Huntington Bay
Under 5	2.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	9.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	4.5%
35 to 44	7.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	19.6%	29.0%
65 to 74	13.6%	14.6%
75 and over	12.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great River	Huntington Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great River	Huntington Bay
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.2%
High school graduate	17.3%	5.7%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	42.3%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	40.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great River	Huntington Bay
Drove alone	73.2%	50.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	2.3%
Public transit	10.7%	11.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.9%	35.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great River	Huntington Bay
1-unit, detached	56.1%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Great River	Huntington Bay
Poverty rate	2.6%	4.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	33	40
Median year structure built	1970	1958