Islandia vs Setauket

A side-by-side comparison of Islandia and Setauket: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Setauket has the higher population (3,687 vs 3,581 in Islandia). Setauket has the higher median household income ($202,339 vs $112,435 in Islandia). Setauket has the higher median home value ($708,100 vs $451,700 in Islandia).

Population, income & housing

	Islandia	Setauket
Population	3,581	3,687
Median age	39.1 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$112,435	$202,339
Median home value	$451,700	$708,100
Median gross rent	$1,781	$3,501
Housing units	1,324	1,510
Homeownership rate	96.3%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Islandia	Setauket
Population	3,341 → 3,581 (+7.2%)	3,814 → 3,687 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$93,555 → $112,435 (+20.2%)	$188,773 → $202,339 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$321,100 → $451,700 (+40.7%)	$600,200 → $708,100 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,836 → $1,781 (-3.0%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

Islandia

Population

3,3413,581

Median household income

$93,555$112,435

Median home value

$321,100$451,700

Median gross rent

$1,836$1,781

Setauket

Population

3,8143,687

Median household income

$188,773$202,339

Median home value

$600,200$708,100

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Islandia	Setauket
Under 5	3.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	11.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	21.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	16.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.2%
75 and over	5.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Islandia	Setauket
White (non-Hispanic)	31.7%	81.7%
Black or African American	13.1%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.5%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	36.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Islandia	Setauket
No high school diploma	11.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	29.2%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	54.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Islandia	Setauket
Drove alone	83.7%	70.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	2.9%
Public transit	1.3%	2.1%
Walked	0.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.3%	21.7%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Islandia	Setauket
1-unit, detached	82.2%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Islandia	Setauket
Poverty rate	3.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.83	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1969	1965