Montauk vs Setauket

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

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

Montauk has the higher population (4,073 vs 3,687 in Setauket). Setauket has the higher median household income ($202,339 vs $129,375 in Montauk). Montauk has the higher median home value ($1,186,400 vs $708,100 in Setauket).

Population, income & housing

	Montauk	Setauket
Population	4,073	3,687
Median age	51.2 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$129,375	$202,339
Median home value	$1,186,400	$708,100
Median gross rent	$2,061	$3,501
Housing units	4,565	1,510
Homeownership rate	80.7%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.9%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montauk	Setauket
Population	3,685 → 4,073 (+10.5%)	3,814 → 3,687 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$96,389 → $129,375 (+34.2%)	$188,773 → $202,339 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$885,000 → $1,186,400 (+34.1%)	$600,200 → $708,100 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,362 → $2,061 (-12.7%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

Montauk

Population

3,6854,073

Median household income

$96,389$129,375

Median home value

$885,000$1,186,400

Median gross rent

$2,362$2,061

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)

	Montauk	Setauket
Under 5	5.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	20.3%	16.8%
65 to 74	18.9%	10.2%
75 and over	4.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montauk	Setauket
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	81.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montauk	Setauket
No high school diploma	3.9%	3.0%
High school graduate	20.5%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	54.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montauk	Setauket
Drove alone	67.4%	70.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	2.9%
Public transit	4.7%	2.1%
Walked	2.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.0%	21.7%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montauk	Setauket
1-unit, detached	72.3%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Montauk	Setauket
Poverty rate	5.9%	6.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1978	1965