Shelter Island Heights vs Tuckahoe

A side-by-side comparison of Shelter Island Heights and Tuckahoe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tuckahoe has the higher population (1,078 vs 998 in Shelter Island Heights). Shelter Island Heights has the higher median household income ($103,884 vs $54,538 in Tuckahoe). Shelter Island Heights has the higher median home value ($1,041,300 vs $1,020,100 in Tuckahoe).

Population, income & housing

	Shelter Island Heights	Tuckahoe
Population	998	1,078
Median age	69.4 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,884	$54,538
Median home value	$1,041,300	$1,020,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,479
Housing units	1,765	992
Homeownership rate	100.0%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.2%	54.2%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shelter Island Heights	Tuckahoe
Population	731 → 998 (+36.5%)	759 → 1,078 (+42.0%)
Median household income	$128,984 → $103,884 (-19.5%)	$58,405 → $54,538 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$870,500 → $1,041,300 (+19.6%)	$839,300 → $1,020,100 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$940 → $1,479 (+57.3%)

Shelter Island Heights

Population

731998

Median household income

$128,984$103,884

Median home value

$870,500$1,041,300

Tuckahoe

Population

7591,078

Median household income

$58,405$54,538

Median home value

$839,300$1,020,100

Median gross rent

$940$1,479

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shelter Island Heights	Tuckahoe
Under 5	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	0.3%	5.0%
35 to 44	3.6%	5.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	17.6%	22.3%
65 to 74	41.3%	20.8%
75 and over	18.5%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shelter Island Heights	Tuckahoe
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	77.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shelter Island Heights	Tuckahoe
No high school diploma	8.5%	0.6%
High school graduate	8.8%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	33.1%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shelter Island Heights	Tuckahoe
Drove alone	58.9%	51.3%
Carpooled	0.6%	3.7%
Public transit	6.5%	9.2%
Walked	1.3%	17.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.6%	17.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shelter Island Heights	Tuckahoe
1-unit, detached	95.6%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	16.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Shelter Island Heights	Tuckahoe
Poverty rate	16.5%	11.0%
Average household size	1.67	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	16	40
Median year structure built	1973	1990