Kings Park vs Riverhead

A side-by-side comparison of Kings Park and Riverhead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kings Park has the higher population (16,249 vs 15,073 in Riverhead). Kings Park has the higher median household income ($118,723 vs $83,521 in Riverhead). Kings Park has the higher median home value ($586,300 vs $449,000 in Riverhead).

Population, income & housing

	Kings Park	Riverhead
Population	16,249	15,073
Median age	47.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$118,723	$83,521
Median home value	$586,300	$449,000
Median gross rent	$1,813	$2,208
Housing units	6,658	5,463
Homeownership rate	85.6%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings Park	Riverhead
Population	16,424 → 16,249 (-1.1%)	14,196 → 15,073 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$100,110 → $118,723 (+18.6%)	$52,126 → $83,521 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$443,700 → $586,300 (+32.1%)	$334,100 → $449,000 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,533 → $1,813 (+18.3%)	$1,385 → $2,208 (+59.4%)

Kings Park

Population

16,42416,249

Median household income

$100,110$118,723

Median home value

$443,700$586,300

Median gross rent

$1,533$1,813

Riverhead

Population

14,19615,073

Median household income

$52,126$83,521

Median home value

$334,100$449,000

Median gross rent

$1,385$2,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kings Park	Riverhead
Under 5	5.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	16.7%
75 and over	12.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings Park	Riverhead
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	42.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	33.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings Park	Riverhead
No high school diploma	5.2%	24.9%
High school graduate	25.7%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings Park	Riverhead
Drove alone	74.8%	82.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.8%
Public transit	7.9%	0.4%
Walked	0.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	4.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings Park	Riverhead
1-unit, detached	82.0%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	8.8%
20 or more units	2.7%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Kings Park	Riverhead
Poverty rate	2.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1967	1988