Shelter Island vs Westhampton Beach

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

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

Westhampton Beach has the higher population (2,476 vs 2,281 in Shelter Island). Westhampton Beach has the higher median household income ($137,888 vs $129,410 in Shelter Island). Westhampton Beach has the higher median home value ($1,102,000 vs $1,019,000 in Shelter Island).

Population, income & housing

	Shelter Island	Westhampton Beach
Population	2,281	2,476
Median age	40.6 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$129,410	$137,888
Median home value	$1,019,000	$1,102,000
Median gross rent	—	$2,117
Housing units	1,488	2,433
Homeownership rate	84.2%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.0%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shelter Island	Westhampton Beach
Population	2,062 → 2,281 (+10.6%)	1,791 → 2,476 (+38.2%)
Median household income	$79,843 → $129,410 (+62.1%)	$105,625 → $137,888 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$778,400 → $1,019,000 (+30.9%)	$777,400 → $1,102,000 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,922 → $2,117 (+10.1%)

Shelter Island

Population

2,0622,281

Median household income

$79,843$129,410

Median home value

$778,400$1,019,000

Westhampton Beach

Population

1,7912,476

Median household income

$105,625$137,888

Median home value

$777,400$1,102,000

Median gross rent

$1,922$2,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shelter Island	Westhampton Beach
Under 5	14.6%	1.8%
5 to 17	13.3%	9.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	2.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	28.5%	8.1%
45 to 54	7.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	6.1%	18.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	16.2%
75 and over	3.1%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shelter Island	Westhampton Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	56.2%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	10.4%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	26.3%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shelter Island	Westhampton Beach
No high school diploma	13.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	17.3%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	14.0%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	31.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shelter Island	Westhampton Beach
Drove alone	40.1%	47.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	3.8%
Public transit	14.8%	6.4%
Walked	0.0%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	34.4%	28.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shelter Island	Westhampton Beach
1-unit, detached	91.5%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shelter Island	Westhampton Beach
Poverty rate	1.2%	8.4%
Average household size	2.84	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	1975	1978