Setauket vs Westhampton

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

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

Westhampton has the higher population (3,702 vs 3,687 in Setauket). Setauket has the higher median household income ($202,339 vs $131,125 in Westhampton). Westhampton has the higher median home value ($980,400 vs $708,100 in Setauket).

Population, income & housing

	Setauket	Westhampton
Population	3,687	3,702
Median age	43.1 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$202,339	$131,125
Median home value	$708,100	$980,400
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,872
Housing units	1,510	2,166
Homeownership rate	77.9%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.9%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Setauket	Westhampton
Population	3,814 → 3,687 (-3.3%)	2,623 → 3,702 (+41.1%)
Median household income	$188,773 → $202,339 (+7.2%)	$115,188 → $131,125 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$600,200 → $708,100 (+18.0%)	$735,600 → $980,400 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$1,798 → $1,872 (+4.1%)

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

Westhampton

Population

2,6233,702

Median household income

$115,188$131,125

Median home value

$735,600$980,400

Median gross rent

$1,798$1,872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Setauket	Westhampton
Under 5	6.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	18.0%
75 and over	8.5%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Setauket	Westhampton
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	73.8%
Black or African American	2.1%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.9%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	2.9%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Setauket	Westhampton
No high school diploma	3.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	8.3%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	54.1%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Setauket	Westhampton
Drove alone	70.4%	62.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	5.6%
Public transit	2.1%	9.8%
Walked	2.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Setauket	Westhampton
1-unit, detached	96.2%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Setauket	Westhampton
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1965	1982