Quiogue vs Shelter Island Heights

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

Quiogue 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.

Shelter Island Heights has the higher population (998 vs 853 in Quiogue). Shelter Island Heights has the higher median household income ($103,884 vs $78,661 in Quiogue). Quiogue has the higher median home value ($1,071,400 vs $1,041,300 in Shelter Island Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Quiogue	Shelter Island Heights
Population	853	998
Median age	48.1 yrs	69.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,661	$103,884
Median home value	$1,071,400	$1,041,300
Housing units	548	1,765
Homeownership rate	81.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.1%	59.2%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Quiogue	Shelter Island Heights
Population	767 → 853 (+11.2%)	731 → 998 (+36.5%)
Median household income	$97,212 → $78,661 (-19.1%)	$128,984 → $103,884 (-19.5%)
Median home value	$511,400 → $1,071,400 (+109.5%)	$870,500 → $1,041,300 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,205 → $2,744 (+24.4%)	—

Quiogue

Population

767853

Median household income

$97,212$78,661

Median home value

$511,400$1,071,400

Median gross rent

$2,205$2,744

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)

	Quiogue	Shelter Island Heights
Under 5	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	1.5%	0.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	3.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	21.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	12.9%	41.3%
75 and over	11.0%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Quiogue	Shelter Island Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.3%
Asian	0.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Quiogue	Shelter Island Heights
No high school diploma	2.7%	8.5%
High school graduate	14.2%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	45.9%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	33.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Quiogue	Shelter Island Heights
Drove alone	83.0%	58.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.6%
Public transit	7.4%	6.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	32.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Quiogue	Shelter Island Heights
1-unit, detached	87.4%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Quiogue	Shelter Island Heights
Poverty rate	5.9%	16.5%
Average household size	2.73	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1994	1973