Huntington Bay vs Shinnecock Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Huntington Bay and Shinnecock Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shinnecock Hills has the higher population (1,944 vs 1,853 in Huntington Bay). Huntington Bay has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $173,523 in Shinnecock Hills). Huntington Bay has the higher median home value ($1,476,200 vs $964,600 in Shinnecock Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington Bay	Shinnecock Hills
Population	1,853	1,944
Median age	56.6 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$173,523
Median home value	$1,476,200	$964,600
Housing units	745	1,595
Homeownership rate	98.2%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.3%	64.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington Bay	Shinnecock Hills
Population	1,390 → 1,853 (+33.3%)	2,202 → 1,944 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$176,875 → $250,001 (+41.3%)	$135,938 → $173,523 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$1,164,900 → $1,476,200 (+26.7%)	$788,100 → $964,600 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,660 → $3,000 (+12.8%)

Huntington Bay

Population

1,3901,853

Median household income

$176,875$250,001

Median home value

$1,164,900$1,476,200

Shinnecock Hills

Population

2,2021,944

Median household income

$135,938$173,523

Median home value

$788,100$964,600

Median gross rent

$2,660$3,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntington Bay	Shinnecock Hills
Under 5	4.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	4.5%	4.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	29.0%	18.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	14.0%
75 and over	8.5%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington Bay	Shinnecock Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington Bay	Shinnecock Hills
No high school diploma	1.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	5.7%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	42.3%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	40.0%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington Bay	Shinnecock Hills
Drove alone	50.8%	49.9%
Carpooled	2.3%	7.6%
Public transit	11.0%	12.2%
Walked	0.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.3%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington Bay	Shinnecock Hills
1-unit, detached	99.6%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Huntington Bay	Shinnecock Hills
Poverty rate	4.2%	1.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	40	29
Median year structure built	1958	1989