Shoreham vs Wainscott

A side-by-side comparison of Shoreham and Wainscott: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wainscott has the higher population (587 vs 502 in Shoreham). Shoreham has the higher median household income ($138,125 vs $135,625 in Wainscott). Wainscott has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $639,300 in Shoreham).

Population, income & housing

	Shoreham	Wainscott
Population	502	587
Median age	47.6 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$138,125	$135,625
Median home value	$639,300	$2,000,001
Housing units	214	895
Homeownership rate	95.8%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.6%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shoreham	Wainscott
Population	447 → 502 (+12.3%)	349 → 587 (+68.2%)
Median household income	$126,667 → $138,125 (+9.0%)	$144,375 → $135,625 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$527,100 → $639,300 (+21.3%)	$1,677,100 → $2,000,001 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,750 → $3,501 (+27.3%)	—

Shoreham

Population

447502

Median household income

$126,667$138,125

Median home value

$527,100$639,300

Median gross rent

$2,750$3,501

Wainscott

Population

349587

Median household income

$144,375$135,625

Median home value

$1,677,100$2,000,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shoreham	Wainscott
Under 5	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	4.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	3.1%
25 to 34	3.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	6.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	17.9%
65 to 74	18.1%	16.4%
75 and over	8.2%	25.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shoreham	Wainscott
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shoreham	Wainscott
No high school diploma	1.5%	1.5%
High school graduate	12.6%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	40.8%	25.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shoreham	Wainscott
Drove alone	72.8%	59.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	5.3%
Walked	0.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	28.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shoreham	Wainscott
1-unit, detached	97.7%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Shoreham	Wainscott
Poverty rate	0.8%	14.3%
Average household size	3.01	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	30	14
Median year structure built	1952	1990