Riverside vs Setauket

A side-by-side comparison of Riverside and Setauket: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Setauket has the higher population (3,687 vs 3,538 in Riverside). Setauket has the higher median household income ($202,339 vs $41,397 in Riverside). Since 2019, Riverside's population has grown faster (+49.8% vs -3.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	Setauket
Population	3,538	3,687
Median age	34.1 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,397	$202,339
Median home value	—	$708,100
Median gross rent	$2,612	$3,501
Housing units	1,056	1,510
Homeownership rate	70.4%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	Setauket
Population	2,362 → 3,538 (+49.8%)	3,814 → 3,687 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$42,986 → $41,397 (-3.7%)	$188,773 → $202,339 (+7.2%)
Median home value	—	$600,200 → $708,100 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,528 → $2,612 (+70.9%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

Riverside

Population

2,3623,538

Median household income

$42,986$41,397

Median gross rent

$1,528$2,612

Setauket

Population

3,8143,687

Median household income

$188,773$202,339

Median home value

$600,200$708,100

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverside	Setauket
Under 5	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.6%
25 to 34	27.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	10.2%
75 and over	1.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	Setauket
White (non-Hispanic)	50.8%	81.7%
Black or African American	18.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	Setauket
No high school diploma	20.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	54.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	Setauket
Drove alone	77.3%	70.4%
Carpooled	4.5%	2.9%
Public transit	3.5%	2.1%
Walked	13.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	1.6%	21.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	Setauket
1-unit, detached	42.0%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	43.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	Setauket
Poverty rate	26.0%	6.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	40	25
Median year structure built	1976	1965