Quogue vs Wainscott

A side-by-side comparison of Quogue and Wainscott: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Quogue has the higher population (602 vs 587 in Wainscott). Wainscott has the higher median household income ($135,625 vs $101,964 in Quogue). Wainscott has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,821,900 in Quogue).

Population, income & housing

	Quogue	Wainscott
Population	602	587
Median age	60.0 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,964	$135,625
Median home value	$1,821,900	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,389	—
Housing units	1,472	895
Homeownership rate	77.9%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Quogue	Wainscott
Population	558 → 602 (+7.9%)	349 → 587 (+68.2%)
Median household income	$70,455 → $101,964 (+44.7%)	$144,375 → $135,625 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$1,260,400 → $1,821,900 (+44.5%)	$1,677,100 → $2,000,001 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,510 → $3,389 (+124.4%)	—

Quogue

Population

558602

Median household income

$70,455$101,964

Median home value

$1,260,400$1,821,900

Median gross rent

$1,510$3,389

Wainscott

Population

349587

Median household income

$144,375$135,625

Median home value

$1,677,100$2,000,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Quogue	Wainscott
Under 5	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	4.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	3.1%
25 to 34	2.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	6.5%
45 to 54	5.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	19.3%	17.9%
65 to 74	17.6%	16.4%
75 and over	19.6%	25.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Quogue	Wainscott
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	83.6%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Quogue	Wainscott
No high school diploma	1.4%	1.5%
High school graduate	37.6%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	25.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Quogue	Wainscott
Drove alone	72.7%	59.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.5%
Public transit	1.7%	5.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.6%	28.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Quogue	Wainscott
1-unit, detached	96.9%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Quogue	Wainscott
Poverty rate	32.9%	14.3%
Average household size	2.36	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	17	14
Median year structure built	1986	1990