St. James vs Stony Brook

A side-by-side comparison of St. James and Stony Brook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. James has the higher population (13,680 vs 12,827 in Stony Brook). Stony Brook has the higher median household income ($162,054 vs $130,556 in St. James). St. James has the higher median home value ($632,900 vs $587,300 in Stony Brook).

Population, income & housing

	St. James	Stony Brook
Population	13,680	12,827
Median age	47.4 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$130,556	$162,054
Median home value	$632,900	$587,300
Median gross rent	$2,192	$2,643
Housing units	5,095	4,964
Homeownership rate	87.2%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. James	Stony Brook
Population	13,671 → 13,680 (+0.1%)	12,428 → 12,827 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$115,580 → $130,556 (+13.0%)	$120,476 → $162,054 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$459,600 → $632,900 (+37.7%)	$461,800 → $587,300 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,808 → $2,192 (+21.2%)	$2,205 → $2,643 (+19.9%)

St. James

Population

13,67113,680

Median household income

$115,580$130,556

Median home value

$459,600$632,900

Median gross rent

$1,808$2,192

Stony Brook

Population

12,42812,827

Median household income

$120,476$162,054

Median home value

$461,800$587,300

Median gross rent

$2,205$2,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. James	Stony Brook
Under 5	2.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.2%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	16.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.9%
75 and over	9.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. James	Stony Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	77.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. James	Stony Brook
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.0%
High school graduate	20.9%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	44.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. James	Stony Brook
Drove alone	80.2%	71.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	4.2%
Public transit	2.6%	4.4%
Walked	1.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	10.9%	16.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. James	Stony Brook
1-unit, detached	75.2%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	St. James	Stony Brook
Poverty rate	2.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.68	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1969	1966