Patchogue vs Stony Brook

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

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

Stony Brook has the higher population (12,827 vs 12,368 in Patchogue). Stony Brook has the higher median household income ($162,054 vs $104,423 in Patchogue). Stony Brook has the higher median home value ($587,300 vs $446,700 in Patchogue).

Population, income & housing

	Patchogue	Stony Brook
Population	12,368	12,827
Median age	37.9 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$104,423	$162,054
Median home value	$446,700	$587,300
Median gross rent	$2,191	$2,643
Housing units	5,685	4,964
Homeownership rate	56.0%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Patchogue	Stony Brook
Population	12,384 → 12,368 (-0.1%)	12,428 → 12,827 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$71,235 → $104,423 (+46.6%)	$120,476 → $162,054 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$319,300 → $446,700 (+39.9%)	$461,800 → $587,300 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,525 → $2,191 (+43.7%)	$2,205 → $2,643 (+19.9%)

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

Stony Brook

Population

12,42812,827

Median household income

$120,476$162,054

Median home value

$461,800$587,300

Median gross rent

$2,205$2,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Patchogue	Stony Brook
Under 5	4.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	22.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	16.9%	8.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	16.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.9%
75 and over	3.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Patchogue	Stony Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	77.9%
Black or African American	4.4%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Patchogue	Stony Brook
No high school diploma	12.3%	2.0%
High school graduate	21.1%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	44.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Patchogue	Stony Brook
Drove alone	78.0%	71.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.2%
Public transit	7.4%	4.4%
Walked	1.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.2%
Worked from home	7.5%	16.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Patchogue	Stony Brook
1-unit, detached	49.7%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	16.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Patchogue	Stony Brook
Poverty rate	8.1%	4.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1966	1966