North Haven vs Shelter Island Heights

A side-by-side comparison of North Haven and Shelter Island Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

North Haven and Shelter Island Heights are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shelter Island Heights has the higher population (998 vs 953 in North Haven). North Haven has the higher median household income ($181,250 vs $103,884 in Shelter Island Heights). North Haven has the higher median home value ($1,773,800 vs $1,041,300 in Shelter Island Heights).

Population, income & housing

	North Haven	Shelter Island Heights
Population	953	998
Median age	58.3 yrs	69.4 yrs
Median household income	$181,250	$103,884
Median home value	$1,773,800	$1,041,300
Median gross rent	$2,722	—
Housing units	827	1,765
Homeownership rate	95.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.4%	59.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Haven	Shelter Island Heights
Population	884 → 953 (+7.8%)	731 → 998 (+36.5%)
Median household income	$141,719 → $181,250 (+27.9%)	$128,984 → $103,884 (-19.5%)
Median home value	$1,541,700 → $1,773,800 (+15.1%)	$870,500 → $1,041,300 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,125 → $2,722 (+28.1%)	—

North Haven

Population

884953

Median household income

$141,719$181,250

Median home value

$1,541,700$1,773,800

Median gross rent

$2,125$2,722

Shelter Island Heights

Population

731998

Median household income

$128,984$103,884

Median home value

$870,500$1,041,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Haven	Shelter Island Heights
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	2.9%	0.3%
35 to 44	6.4%	3.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	24.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	21.0%	41.3%
75 and over	14.3%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Haven	Shelter Island Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.3%
Asian	1.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Haven	Shelter Island Heights
No high school diploma	2.5%	8.5%
High school graduate	15.8%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	44.3%	33.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Haven	Shelter Island Heights
Drove alone	49.3%	58.9%
Carpooled	0.9%	0.6%
Public transit	10.6%	6.5%
Walked	4.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.2%	32.6%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Haven	Shelter Island Heights
1-unit, detached	97.9%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	North Haven	Shelter Island Heights
Poverty rate	5.6%	16.5%
Average household size	2.26	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1990	1973