Shinnecock Hills vs Village of the Branch

A side-by-side comparison of Shinnecock Hills and Village of the Branch: population, income, housing, and more.

Shinnecock Hills and Village of the Branch are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shinnecock Hills has the higher population (1,944 vs 1,813 in Village of the Branch). Village of the Branch has the higher median household income ($175,583 vs $173,523 in Shinnecock Hills). Shinnecock Hills has the higher median home value ($964,600 vs $656,500 in Village of the Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Shinnecock Hills	Village of the Branch
Population	1,944	1,813
Median age	56.4 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$173,523	$175,583
Median home value	$964,600	$656,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,857
Housing units	1,595	584
Homeownership rate	95.5%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	62.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shinnecock Hills	Village of the Branch
Population	2,202 → 1,944 (-11.7%)	1,549 → 1,813 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$135,938 → $173,523 (+27.6%)	$122,422 → $175,583 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$788,100 → $964,600 (+22.4%)	$566,100 → $656,500 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,660 → $3,000 (+12.8%)	$1,774 → $1,857 (+4.7%)

Shinnecock Hills

Population

2,2021,944

Median household income

$135,938$173,523

Median home value

$788,100$964,600

Median gross rent

$2,660$3,000

Village of the Branch

Population

1,5491,813

Median household income

$122,422$175,583

Median home value

$566,100$656,500

Median gross rent

$1,774$1,857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shinnecock Hills	Village of the Branch
Under 5	3.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	12.4%
25 to 34	4.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	8.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	18.2%	18.9%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.2%
75 and over	19.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shinnecock Hills	Village of the Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shinnecock Hills	Village of the Branch
No high school diploma	2.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	12.7%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	29.1%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shinnecock Hills	Village of the Branch
Drove alone	49.9%	73.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	2.4%
Public transit	12.2%	7.6%
Walked	2.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	15.7%
Other means	9.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shinnecock Hills	Village of the Branch
1-unit, detached	91.5%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shinnecock Hills	Village of the Branch
Poverty rate	1.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.12	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1989	1966