Northwest Harbor vs West Sayville

A side-by-side comparison of Northwest Harbor and West Sayville: population, income, housing, and more.

Northwest Harbor and West Sayville are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Northwest Harbor has the higher population (4,966 vs 4,944 in West Sayville). West Sayville has the higher median household income ($154,531 vs $129,653 in Northwest Harbor). Northwest Harbor has the higher median home value ($1,328,200 vs $558,400 in West Sayville).

Population, income & housing

	Northwest Harbor	West Sayville
Population	4,966	4,944
Median age	49.1 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$129,653	$154,531
Median home value	$1,328,200	$558,400
Median gross rent	$1,818	$2,537
Housing units	3,970	2,055
Homeownership rate	82.1%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.7%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northwest Harbor	West Sayville
Population	3,557 → 4,966 (+39.6%)	5,010 → 4,944 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$167,167 → $129,653 (-22.4%)	$110,250 → $154,531 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$933,100 → $1,328,200 (+42.3%)	$389,200 → $558,400 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,394 → $1,818 (+30.4%)	$1,619 → $2,537 (+56.7%)

Northwest Harbor

Population

3,5574,966

Median household income

$167,167$129,653

Median home value

$933,100$1,328,200

Median gross rent

$1,394$1,818

West Sayville

Population

5,0104,944

Median household income

$110,250$154,531

Median home value

$389,200$558,400

Median gross rent

$1,619$2,537

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northwest Harbor	West Sayville
Under 5	9.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	7.7%	13.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	5.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	17.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	20.4%	19.1%
65 to 74	15.4%	14.5%
75 and over	9.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northwest Harbor	West Sayville
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	29.3%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northwest Harbor	West Sayville
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	19.4%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northwest Harbor	West Sayville
Drove alone	55.2%	80.0%
Carpooled	0.2%	3.0%
Public transit	4.9%	4.9%
Walked	3.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.7%	10.1%
Other means	2.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northwest Harbor	West Sayville
1-unit, detached	89.7%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northwest Harbor	West Sayville
Poverty rate	22.4%	1.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1986	1957