Ridge vs Stony Brook

A side-by-side comparison of Ridge and Stony Brook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stony Brook has the higher population (12,827 vs 12,506 in Ridge). Stony Brook has the higher median household income ($162,054 vs $88,266 in Ridge). Stony Brook has the higher median home value ($587,300 vs $404,900 in Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Ridge	Stony Brook
Population	12,506	12,827
Median age	52.9 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,266	$162,054
Median home value	$404,900	$587,300
Median gross rent	$1,984	$2,643
Housing units	6,199	4,964
Homeownership rate	89.3%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridge	Stony Brook
Population	12,854 → 12,506 (-2.7%)	12,428 → 12,827 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$71,738 → $88,266 (+23.0%)	$120,476 → $162,054 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$298,600 → $404,900 (+35.6%)	$461,800 → $587,300 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,560 → $1,984 (+27.2%)	$2,205 → $2,643 (+19.9%)

Ridge

Population

12,85412,506

Median household income

$71,738$88,266

Median home value

$298,600$404,900

Median gross rent

$1,560$1,984

Stony Brook

Population

12,42812,827

Median household income

$120,476$162,054

Median home value

$461,800$587,300

Median gross rent

$2,205$2,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridge	Stony Brook
Under 5	3.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	8.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	18.4%	11.9%
75 and over	16.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridge	Stony Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	77.9%
Black or African American	3.8%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridge	Stony Brook
No high school diploma	6.6%	2.0%
High school graduate	31.3%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	44.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridge	Stony Brook
Drove alone	78.6%	71.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.2%
Public transit	0.7%	4.4%
Walked	0.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	15.5%	16.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridge	Stony Brook
1-unit, detached	63.0%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	22.8%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Ridge	Stony Brook
Poverty rate	3.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1979	1966