Patchogue vs Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Patchogue and Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ridge has the higher population (12,506 vs 12,368 in Patchogue). Patchogue has the higher median household income ($104,423 vs $88,266 in Ridge). Patchogue has the higher median home value ($446,700 vs $404,900 in Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Patchogue	Ridge
Population	12,368	12,506
Median age	37.9 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$104,423	$88,266
Median home value	$446,700	$404,900
Median gross rent	$2,191	$1,984
Housing units	5,685	6,199
Homeownership rate	56.0%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Patchogue	Ridge
Population	12,384 → 12,368 (-0.1%)	12,854 → 12,506 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$71,235 → $104,423 (+46.6%)	$71,738 → $88,266 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$319,300 → $446,700 (+39.9%)	$298,600 → $404,900 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,525 → $2,191 (+43.7%)	$1,560 → $1,984 (+27.2%)

Patchogue

Population

12,38412,368

Median household income

$71,235$104,423

Median home value

$319,300$446,700

Median gross rent

$1,525$2,191

Ridge

Population

12,85412,506

Median household income

$71,738$88,266

Median home value

$298,600$404,900

Median gross rent

$1,560$1,984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Patchogue	Ridge
Under 5	4.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	11.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	22.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	16.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	18.4%
75 and over	3.7%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Patchogue	Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	86.0%
Black or African American	4.4%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Patchogue	Ridge
No high school diploma	12.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	21.1%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Patchogue	Ridge
Drove alone	78.0%	78.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.7%
Public transit	7.4%	0.7%
Walked	1.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.5%	15.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Patchogue	Ridge
1-unit, detached	49.7%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	22.8%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	16.8%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Patchogue	Ridge
Poverty rate	8.1%	3.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	1966	1979