Port Jefferson Station vs Wading River

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

Port Jefferson Station and Wading River are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wading River has the higher population (8,393 vs 7,605 in Port Jefferson Station). Wading River has the higher median household income ($132,213 vs $117,087 in Port Jefferson Station). Wading River has the higher median home value ($486,600 vs $472,400 in Port Jefferson Station).

Population, income & housing

	Port Jefferson Station	Wading River
Population	7,605	8,393
Median age	39.3 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$117,087	$132,213
Median home value	$472,400	$486,600
Median gross rent	$2,309	—
Housing units	2,839	3,550
Homeownership rate	76.0%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Jefferson Station	Wading River
Population	7,397 → 7,605 (+2.8%)	7,733 → 8,393 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$93,542 → $117,087 (+25.2%)	$135,351 → $132,213 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$379,500 → $472,400 (+24.5%)	$424,700 → $486,600 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,739 → $2,309 (+32.8%)	$2,732 → $2,896 (+6.0%)

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

Wading River

Population

7,7338,393

Median household income

$135,351$132,213

Median home value

$424,700$486,600

Median gross rent

$2,732$2,896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Jefferson Station	Wading River
Under 5	6.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	11.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	19.4%
65 to 74	6.5%	15.9%
75 and over	5.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Jefferson Station	Wading River
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	83.8%
Black or African American	3.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.7%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Jefferson Station	Wading River
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	29.5%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	26.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Jefferson Station	Wading River
Drove alone	74.9%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.8%
Public transit	1.8%	1.6%
Walked	0.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Jefferson Station	Wading River
1-unit, detached	75.8%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	2.5%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Jefferson Station	Wading River
Poverty rate	9.8%	2.8%
Average household size	2.85	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1969	1978