Great River vs Shinnecock Hills

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

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

Shinnecock Hills has the higher population (1,944 vs 1,880 in Great River). Shinnecock Hills has the higher median household income ($173,523 vs $133,385 in Great River). Shinnecock Hills has the higher median home value ($964,600 vs $792,100 in Great River).

Population, income & housing

	Great River	Shinnecock Hills
Population	1,880	1,944
Median age	52.3 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$133,385	$173,523
Median home value	$792,100	$964,600
Median gross rent	$2,982	—
Housing units	927	1,595
Homeownership rate	63.9%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.6%	64.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great River	Shinnecock Hills
Population	1,405 → 1,880 (+33.8%)	2,202 → 1,944 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$128,523 → $133,385 (+3.8%)	$135,938 → $173,523 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$646,500 → $792,100 (+22.5%)	$788,100 → $964,600 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,661 → $2,982 (+12.1%)	$2,660 → $3,000 (+12.8%)

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

Shinnecock Hills

Population

2,2021,944

Median household income

$135,938$173,523

Median home value

$788,100$964,600

Median gross rent

$2,660$3,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great River	Shinnecock Hills
Under 5	2.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	9.4%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	16.1%	4.2%
35 to 44	7.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	19.6%	18.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	14.0%
75 and over	12.3%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great River	Shinnecock Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great River	Shinnecock Hills
No high school diploma	4.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	17.3%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great River	Shinnecock Hills
Drove alone	73.2%	49.9%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.6%
Public transit	10.7%	12.2%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	19.0%
Other means	0.9%	9.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great River	Shinnecock Hills
1-unit, detached	56.1%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	11.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Great River	Shinnecock Hills
Poverty rate	2.6%	1.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1970	1989