Halesite vs Water Mill

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

Halesite 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.

Halesite has the higher population (2,348 vs 2,218 in Water Mill). Water Mill has the higher median household income ($158,250 vs $153,375 in Halesite). Water Mill has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $822,300 in Halesite).

Population, income & housing

	Halesite	Water Mill
Population	2,348	2,218
Median age	48.0 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$153,375	$158,250
Median home value	$822,300	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	—	$3,150
Housing units	991	2,374
Homeownership rate	85.2%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.1%	77.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halesite	Water Mill
Population	2,710 → 2,348 (-13.4%)	1,631 → 2,218 (+36.0%)
Median household income	$150,694 → $153,375 (+1.8%)	$155,278 → $158,250 (+1.9%)
Median home value	$611,700 → $822,300 (+34.4%)	$1,611,900 → $2,000,001 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,190 → $1,406 (+18.2%)	$2,681 → $3,150 (+17.5%)

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

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)

	Halesite	Water Mill
Under 5	7.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.7%	7.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	6.4%	7.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	24.9%
65 to 74	19.0%	12.2%
75 and over	7.3%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halesite	Water Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halesite	Water Mill
No high school diploma	1.6%	2.4%
High school graduate	9.1%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	6.3%
Bachelor's degree	42.0%	42.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	34.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halesite	Water Mill
Drove alone	50.2%	39.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	1.9%
Public transit	17.5%	5.2%
Walked	2.0%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	43.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halesite	Water Mill
1-unit, detached	86.0%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Halesite	Water Mill
Poverty rate	0.9%	3.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	45	23
Median year structure built	1955	1993