Northampton vs Shelter Island Heights

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

Northampton 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.

Northampton has the higher population (1,098 vs 998 in Shelter Island Heights). Shelter Island Heights has the higher median home value ($1,041,300 vs $323,000 in Northampton). Since 2019, Shelter Island Heights's population has grown faster (+36.5% vs +24.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Northampton	Shelter Island Heights
Population	1,098	998
Median age	32.5 yrs	69.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$103,884
Median home value	$323,000	$1,041,300
Median gross rent	$1,949	—
Housing units	340	1,765
Homeownership rate	50.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	59.2%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northampton	Shelter Island Heights
Population	885 → 1,098 (+24.1%)	731 → 998 (+36.5%)
Median household income	$116,742 → $74,856 (-35.9%)	$128,984 → $103,884 (-19.5%)
Median home value	$329,600 → $323,000 (-2.0%)	$870,500 → $1,041,300 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,817 → $1,949 (+7.3%)	—

Northampton

Population

8851,098

Median household income

$116,742$74,856

Median home value

$329,600$323,000

Median gross rent

$1,817$1,949

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)

	Northampton	Shelter Island Heights
Under 5	20.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	14.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	17.2%	0.3%
35 to 44	17.8%	3.6%
45 to 54	1.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	3.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	41.3%
75 and over	3.1%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northampton	Shelter Island Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	13.5%	91.0%
Black or African American	59.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.3%
Asian	0.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northampton	Shelter Island Heights
No high school diploma	25.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	25.9%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	33.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northampton	Shelter Island Heights
Drove alone	55.6%	58.9%
Carpooled	16.2%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	6.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.2%	32.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northampton	Shelter Island Heights
1-unit, detached	94.7%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Northampton	Shelter Island Heights
Poverty rate	3.2%	16.5%
Average household size	3.56	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1952	1973