North Patchogue vs Sound Beach

A side-by-side comparison of North Patchogue and Sound Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Patchogue has the higher population (7,243 vs 7,207 in Sound Beach). Sound Beach has the higher median household income ($140,797 vs $104,698 in North Patchogue). North Patchogue has the higher median home value ($421,800 vs $384,100 in Sound Beach).

Population, income & housing

	North Patchogue	Sound Beach
Population	7,243	7,207
Median age	37.6 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$104,698	$140,797
Median home value	$421,800	$384,100
Median gross rent	—	$2,798
Housing units	2,417	2,787
Homeownership rate	90.2%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Patchogue	Sound Beach
Population	7,657 → 7,243 (-5.4%)	7,821 → 7,207 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$104,254 → $104,698 (+0.4%)	$102,017 → $140,797 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$312,700 → $421,800 (+34.9%)	$309,600 → $384,100 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,697 → $2,320 (+36.7%)	$1,429 → $2,798 (+95.8%)

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

Sound Beach

Population

7,8217,207

Median household income

$102,017$140,797

Median home value

$309,600$384,100

Median gross rent

$1,429$2,798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Patchogue	Sound Beach
Under 5	7.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	11.5%	10.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	15.1%	18.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.2%
75 and over	3.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Patchogue	Sound Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Patchogue	Sound Beach
No high school diploma	7.2%	1.1%
High school graduate	28.0%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Patchogue	Sound Beach
Drove alone	80.2%	80.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	7.3%
Public transit	2.6%	4.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	6.0%
Other means	0.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Patchogue	Sound Beach
1-unit, detached	93.5%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	North Patchogue	Sound Beach
Poverty rate	3.0%	2.6%
Average household size	3.09	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1960	1958