Poquott vs Shelter Island Heights

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

Poquott 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.

Poquott has the higher population (1,047 vs 998 in Shelter Island Heights). Poquott has the higher median household income ($191,667 vs $103,884 in Shelter Island Heights). Shelter Island Heights has the higher median home value ($1,041,300 vs $880,100 in Poquott).

Population, income & housing

	Poquott	Shelter Island Heights
Population	1,047	998
Median age	44.9 yrs	69.4 yrs
Median household income	$191,667	$103,884
Median home value	$880,100	$1,041,300
Median gross rent	$3,206	—
Housing units	418	1,765
Homeownership rate	85.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.5%	59.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poquott	Shelter Island Heights
Population	969 → 1,047 (+8.0%)	731 → 998 (+36.5%)
Median household income	$175,625 → $191,667 (+9.1%)	$128,984 → $103,884 (-19.5%)
Median home value	$670,500 → $880,100 (+31.3%)	$870,500 → $1,041,300 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,100 → $3,206 (+52.7%)	—

Poquott

Population

9691,047

Median household income

$175,625$191,667

Median home value

$670,500$880,100

Median gross rent

$2,100$3,206

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)

	Poquott	Shelter Island Heights
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	0.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	3.6%
45 to 54	17.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	17.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	41.3%
75 and over	7.6%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poquott	Shelter Island Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.3%
Asian	8.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poquott	Shelter Island Heights
No high school diploma	3.5%	8.5%
High school graduate	6.7%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	51.6%	33.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poquott	Shelter Island Heights
Drove alone	67.0%	58.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.6%
Public transit	3.2%	6.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.6%	32.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poquott	Shelter Island Heights
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Poquott	Shelter Island Heights
Poverty rate	7.8%	16.5%
Average household size	2.60	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	37	16
Median year structure built	1967	1973