Halesite vs Shelter Island

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

Halesite 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.

Halesite has the higher population (2,348 vs 2,281 in Shelter Island). Halesite has the higher median household income ($153,375 vs $129,410 in Shelter Island). Shelter Island has the higher median home value ($1,019,000 vs $822,300 in Halesite).

Population, income & housing

	Halesite	Shelter Island
Population	2,348	2,281
Median age	48.0 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$153,375	$129,410
Median home value	$822,300	$1,019,000
Housing units	991	1,488
Homeownership rate	85.2%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.1%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halesite	Shelter Island
Population	2,710 → 2,348 (-13.4%)	2,062 → 2,281 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$150,694 → $153,375 (+1.8%)	$79,843 → $129,410 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$611,700 → $822,300 (+34.4%)	$778,400 → $1,019,000 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,190 → $1,406 (+18.2%)	—

Halesite

Population

2,7102,348

Median household income

$150,694$153,375

Median home value

$611,700$822,300

Median gross rent

$1,190$1,406

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)

	Halesite	Shelter Island
Under 5	7.1%	14.6%
5 to 17	11.7%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	2.2%
35 to 44	6.4%	28.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	7.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	6.1%
65 to 74	19.0%	14.0%
75 and over	7.3%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halesite	Shelter Island
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	56.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	10.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	26.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halesite	Shelter Island
No high school diploma	1.6%	13.8%
High school graduate	9.1%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	42.0%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halesite	Shelter Island
Drove alone	50.2%	40.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	10.6%
Public transit	17.5%	14.8%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	34.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halesite	Shelter Island
1-unit, detached	86.0%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Halesite	Shelter Island
Poverty rate	0.9%	1.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	45	37
Median year structure built	1955	1975