North Patchogue vs Port Jefferson Station

A side-by-side comparison of North Patchogue and Port Jefferson Station: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Jefferson Station has the higher population (7,605 vs 7,243 in North Patchogue). Port Jefferson Station has the higher median household income ($117,087 vs $104,698 in North Patchogue). Port Jefferson Station has the higher median home value ($472,400 vs $421,800 in North Patchogue).

Population, income & housing

	North Patchogue	Port Jefferson Station
Population	7,243	7,605
Median age	37.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,698	$117,087
Median home value	$421,800	$472,400
Median gross rent	—	$2,309
Housing units	2,417	2,839
Homeownership rate	90.2%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Patchogue	Port Jefferson Station
Population	7,657 → 7,243 (-5.4%)	7,397 → 7,605 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$104,254 → $104,698 (+0.4%)	$93,542 → $117,087 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$312,700 → $421,800 (+34.9%)	$379,500 → $472,400 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,697 → $2,320 (+36.7%)	$1,739 → $2,309 (+32.8%)

North Patchogue

Population

7,6577,243

Median household income

$104,254$104,698

Median home value

$312,700$421,800

Median gross rent

$1,697$2,320

Port Jefferson Station

Population

7,3977,605

Median household income

$93,542$117,087

Median home value

$379,500$472,400

Median gross rent

$1,739$2,309

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Patchogue	Port Jefferson Station
Under 5	7.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	11.5%	11.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.5%
75 and over	3.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Patchogue	Port Jefferson Station
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	60.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	30.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Patchogue	Port Jefferson Station
No high school diploma	7.2%	9.4%
High school graduate	28.0%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Patchogue	Port Jefferson Station
Drove alone	80.2%	74.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.2%
Public transit	2.6%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.4%	14.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Patchogue	Port Jefferson Station
1-unit, detached	93.5%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	North Patchogue	Port Jefferson Station
Poverty rate	3.0%	9.8%
Average household size	3.09	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1960	1969