Miller Place vs Patchogue

A side-by-side comparison of Miller Place and Patchogue: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Patchogue has the higher population (12,368 vs 11,743 in Miller Place). Miller Place has the higher median household income ($141,938 vs $104,423 in Patchogue). Miller Place has the higher median home value ($588,100 vs $446,700 in Patchogue).

Population, income & housing

	Miller Place	Patchogue
Population	11,743	12,368
Median age	42.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$141,938	$104,423
Median home value	$588,100	$446,700
Median gross rent	$1,222	$2,191
Housing units	4,355	5,685
Homeownership rate	78.8%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.0%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Miller Place	Patchogue
Population	12,016 → 11,743 (-2.3%)	12,384 → 12,368 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$130,341 → $141,938 (+8.9%)	$71,235 → $104,423 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$443,200 → $588,100 (+32.7%)	$319,300 → $446,700 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,812 → $1,222 (-32.6%)	$1,525 → $2,191 (+43.7%)

Miller Place

Population

12,01611,743

Median household income

$130,341$141,938

Median home value

$443,200$588,100

Median gross rent

$1,812$1,222

Patchogue

Population

12,38412,368

Median household income

$71,235$104,423

Median home value

$319,300$446,700

Median gross rent

$1,525$2,191

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Miller Place	Patchogue
Under 5	2.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.5%	11.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	22.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	16.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	13.2%	8.4%
75 and over	6.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Miller Place	Patchogue
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	62.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Miller Place	Patchogue
No high school diploma	6.0%	12.3%
High school graduate	23.3%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Miller Place	Patchogue
Drove alone	78.1%	78.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.8%
Public transit	0.9%	7.4%
Walked	0.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.3%	7.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Miller Place	Patchogue
1-unit, detached	84.2%	49.7%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Miller Place	Patchogue
Poverty rate	6.3%	8.1%
Average household size	2.95	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1978	1966