Port Jefferson Station vs Sound Beach

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

Port Jefferson Station 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.

Port Jefferson Station has the higher population (7,605 vs 7,207 in Sound Beach). Sound Beach has the higher median household income ($140,797 vs $117,087 in Port Jefferson Station). Port Jefferson Station has the higher median home value ($472,400 vs $384,100 in Sound Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Port Jefferson Station	Sound Beach
Population	7,605	7,207
Median age	39.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$117,087	$140,797
Median home value	$472,400	$384,100
Median gross rent	$2,309	$2,798
Housing units	2,839	2,787
Homeownership rate	76.0%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Jefferson Station	Sound Beach
Population	7,397 → 7,605 (+2.8%)	7,821 → 7,207 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$93,542 → $117,087 (+25.2%)	$102,017 → $140,797 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$379,500 → $472,400 (+24.5%)	$309,600 → $384,100 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,739 → $2,309 (+32.8%)	$1,429 → $2,798 (+95.8%)

Port Jefferson Station

Population

7,3977,605

Median household income

$93,542$117,087

Median home value

$379,500$472,400

Median gross rent

$1,739$2,309

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)

	Port Jefferson Station	Sound Beach
Under 5	6.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	11.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	18.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.2%
75 and over	5.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Jefferson Station	Sound Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	83.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.7%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Jefferson Station	Sound Beach
No high school diploma	9.4%	1.1%
High school graduate	29.5%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Jefferson Station	Sound Beach
Drove alone	74.9%	80.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.3%
Public transit	1.8%	4.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Jefferson Station	Sound Beach
1-unit, detached	75.8%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Jefferson Station	Sound Beach
Poverty rate	9.8%	2.6%
Average household size	2.85	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	29	38
Median year structure built	1969	1958