Nesconset vs Stony Brook

A side-by-side comparison of Nesconset and Stony Brook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nesconset has the higher population (13,344 vs 12,827 in Stony Brook). Stony Brook has the higher median household income ($162,054 vs $148,291 in Nesconset). Nesconset has the higher median home value ($627,300 vs $587,300 in Stony Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Nesconset	Stony Brook
Population	13,344	12,827
Median age	44.1 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$148,291	$162,054
Median home value	$627,300	$587,300
Median gross rent	$3,044	$2,643
Housing units	4,723	4,964
Homeownership rate	84.0%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nesconset	Stony Brook
Population	13,293 → 13,344 (+0.4%)	12,428 → 12,827 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$125,245 → $148,291 (+18.4%)	$120,476 → $162,054 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$458,500 → $627,300 (+36.8%)	$461,800 → $587,300 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,282 → $3,044 (+33.4%)	$2,205 → $2,643 (+19.9%)

Nesconset

Population

13,29313,344

Median household income

$125,245$148,291

Median home value

$458,500$627,300

Median gross rent

$2,282$3,044

Stony Brook

Population

12,42812,827

Median household income

$120,476$162,054

Median home value

$461,800$587,300

Median gross rent

$2,205$2,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nesconset	Stony Brook
Under 5	2.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	12.6%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.7%
45 to 54	16.2%	16.2%
55 to 64	18.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	11.9%
75 and over	6.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nesconset	Stony Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	77.9%
Black or African American	2.9%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nesconset	Stony Brook
No high school diploma	4.4%	2.0%
High school graduate	22.0%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	44.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nesconset	Stony Brook
Drove alone	74.4%	71.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.2%
Public transit	4.0%	4.4%
Walked	0.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	16.2%	16.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nesconset	Stony Brook
1-unit, detached	81.3%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Nesconset	Stony Brook
Poverty rate	6.3%	4.3%
Average household size	2.83	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1976	1966