Northport vs Sound Beach

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

Northport 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.

Northport has the higher population (7,320 vs 7,207 in Sound Beach). Northport has the higher median household income ($141,378 vs $140,797 in Sound Beach). Northport has the higher median home value ($708,400 vs $384,100 in Sound Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Northport	Sound Beach
Population	7,320	7,207
Median age	52.2 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$141,378	$140,797
Median home value	$708,400	$384,100
Median gross rent	$2,070	$2,798
Housing units	3,254	2,787
Homeownership rate	83.8%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.9%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northport	Sound Beach
Population	7,328 → 7,320 (-0.1%)	7,821 → 7,207 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$114,375 → $141,378 (+23.6%)	$102,017 → $140,797 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$627,400 → $708,400 (+12.9%)	$309,600 → $384,100 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,618 → $2,070 (+27.9%)	$1,429 → $2,798 (+95.8%)

Northport

Population

7,3287,320

Median household income

$114,375$141,378

Median home value

$627,400$708,400

Median gross rent

$1,618$2,070

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)

	Northport	Sound Beach
Under 5	2.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	13.9%
45 to 54	15.9%	18.4%
55 to 64	17.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	15.6%	7.2%
75 and over	9.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northport	Sound Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	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	7.1%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northport	Sound Beach
No high school diploma	0.3%	1.1%
High school graduate	6.9%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northport	Sound Beach
Drove alone	75.6%	80.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.3%
Public transit	3.9%	4.2%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	6.0%
Other means	1.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northport	Sound Beach
1-unit, detached	76.2%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Northport	Sound Beach
Poverty rate	11.3%	2.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	30	38
Median year structure built	1956	1958