Greenport West vs Shelter Island

A side-by-side comparison of Greenport West and Shelter Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shelter Island has the higher population (2,281 vs 2,170 in Greenport West). Shelter Island has the higher median household income ($129,410 vs $74,432 in Greenport West). Shelter Island has the higher median home value ($1,019,000 vs $770,800 in Greenport West).

Population, income & housing

	Greenport West	Shelter Island
Population	2,170	2,281
Median age	53.8 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,432	$129,410
Median home value	$770,800	$1,019,000
Median gross rent	$2,133	—
Housing units	1,653	1,488
Homeownership rate	77.8%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenport West	Shelter Island
Population	2,283 → 2,170 (-4.9%)	2,062 → 2,281 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$65,750 → $74,432 (+13.2%)	$79,843 → $129,410 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$494,900 → $770,800 (+55.7%)	$778,400 → $1,019,000 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $2,133 (+83.4%)	—

Greenport West

Population

2,2832,170

Median household income

$65,750$74,432

Median home value

$494,900$770,800

Median gross rent

$1,163$2,133

Shelter Island

Population

2,0622,281

Median household income

$79,843$129,410

Median home value

$778,400$1,019,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenport West	Shelter Island
Under 5	0.6%	14.6%
5 to 17	11.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	2.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	28.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	6.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	14.0%
75 and over	29.1%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenport West	Shelter Island
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	56.2%
Black or African American	5.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	10.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	26.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenport West	Shelter Island
No high school diploma	7.3%	13.8%
High school graduate	15.4%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenport West	Shelter Island
Drove alone	64.2%	40.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	10.6%
Public transit	2.2%	14.8%
Walked	7.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	34.4%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenport West	Shelter Island
1-unit, detached	72.5%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenport West	Shelter Island
Poverty rate	9.3%	1.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1979	1975