Riverhead vs Sayville

A side-by-side comparison of Riverhead and Sayville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sayville has the higher population (15,593 vs 15,073 in Riverhead). Sayville has the higher median household income ($145,278 vs $83,521 in Riverhead). Sayville has the higher median home value ($615,700 vs $449,000 in Riverhead).

Population, income & housing

	Riverhead	Sayville
Population	15,073	15,593
Median age	44.1 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,521	$145,278
Median home value	$449,000	$615,700
Median gross rent	$2,208	$2,339
Housing units	5,463	5,948
Homeownership rate	60.7%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverhead	Sayville
Population	14,196 → 15,073 (+6.2%)	15,910 → 15,593 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$52,126 → $83,521 (+60.2%)	$116,005 → $145,278 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$334,100 → $449,000 (+34.4%)	$451,400 → $615,700 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,385 → $2,208 (+59.4%)	$1,866 → $2,339 (+25.3%)

Riverhead

Population

14,19615,073

Median household income

$52,126$83,521

Median home value

$334,100$449,000

Median gross rent

$1,385$2,208

Sayville

Population

15,91015,593

Median household income

$116,005$145,278

Median home value

$451,400$615,700

Median gross rent

$1,866$2,339

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverhead	Sayville
Under 5	6.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	16.7%	10.9%
75 and over	8.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverhead	Sayville
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	88.3%
Black or African American	12.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	33.1%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverhead	Sayville
No high school diploma	24.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	34.5%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverhead	Sayville
Drove alone	82.6%	77.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	3.4%
Public transit	0.4%	3.7%
Walked	3.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	13.4%
Other means	1.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverhead	Sayville
1-unit, detached	55.5%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	7.3%
20 or more units	2.8%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Riverhead	Sayville
Poverty rate	10.4%	5.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1988	1965