Greenlawn vs Riverhead

A side-by-side comparison of Greenlawn and Riverhead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Riverhead has the higher population (15,073 vs 14,986 in Greenlawn). Greenlawn has the higher median household income ($161,442 vs $83,521 in Riverhead). Greenlawn has the higher median home value ($626,700 vs $449,000 in Riverhead).

Population, income & housing

	Greenlawn	Riverhead
Population	14,986	15,073
Median age	39.7 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$161,442	$83,521
Median home value	$626,700	$449,000
Median gross rent	—	$2,208
Housing units	4,746	5,463
Homeownership rate	83.8%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.0%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenlawn	Riverhead
Population	14,392 → 14,986 (+4.1%)	14,196 → 15,073 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$112,333 → $161,442 (+43.7%)	$52,126 → $83,521 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$489,900 → $626,700 (+27.9%)	$334,100 → $449,000 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $1,372 (+114.0%)	$1,385 → $2,208 (+59.4%)

Greenlawn

Population

14,39214,986

Median household income

$112,333$161,442

Median home value

$489,900$626,700

Median gross rent

$641$1,372

Riverhead

Population

14,19615,073

Median household income

$52,126$83,521

Median home value

$334,100$449,000

Median gross rent

$1,385$2,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenlawn	Riverhead
Under 5	4.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	16.7%
75 and over	7.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenlawn	Riverhead
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	42.9%
Black or African American	13.2%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	2.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	23.4%	33.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenlawn	Riverhead
No high school diploma	7.0%	24.9%
High school graduate	22.2%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenlawn	Riverhead
Drove alone	62.9%	82.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.8%
Public transit	9.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	4.0%
Other means	2.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenlawn	Riverhead
1-unit, detached	85.2%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	8.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Greenlawn	Riverhead
Poverty rate	5.6%	10.4%
Average household size	3.14	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1963	1988