Greenport West vs Water Mill

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

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

Water Mill has the higher population (2,218 vs 2,170 in Greenport West). Water Mill has the higher median household income ($158,250 vs $74,432 in Greenport West). Water Mill has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $770,800 in Greenport West).

Population, income & housing

	Greenport West	Water Mill
Population	2,170	2,218
Median age	53.8 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,432	$158,250
Median home value	$770,800	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,133	$3,150
Housing units	1,653	2,374
Homeownership rate	77.8%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	77.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenport West	Water Mill
Population	2,283 → 2,170 (-4.9%)	1,631 → 2,218 (+36.0%)
Median household income	$65,750 → $74,432 (+13.2%)	$155,278 → $158,250 (+1.9%)
Median home value	$494,900 → $770,800 (+55.7%)	$1,611,900 → $2,000,001 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $2,133 (+83.4%)	$2,681 → $3,150 (+17.5%)

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

Water Mill

Population

1,6312,218

Median household income

$155,278$158,250

Median home value

$1,611,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,681$3,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenport West	Water Mill
Under 5	0.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	7.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	7.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	8.3%	24.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.2%
75 and over	29.1%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenport West	Water Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	86.4%
Black or African American	5.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenport West	Water Mill
No high school diploma	7.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	15.4%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	6.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	42.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	34.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenport West	Water Mill
Drove alone	64.2%	39.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	1.9%
Public transit	2.2%	5.2%
Walked	7.6%	7.6%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	43.9%
Other means	3.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenport West	Water Mill
1-unit, detached	72.5%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Greenport West	Water Mill
Poverty rate	9.3%	3.4%
Average household size	2.01	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1979	1993