Bronx County vs Suffolk County

A side-by-side comparison of Bronx County and Suffolk County: population, income, housing, and more.

Bronx County and Suffolk County are counties in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Suffolk County has the higher population (1,525,680 vs 1,419,250 in Bronx County). Suffolk County has the higher median household income ($128,329 vs $49,036 in Bronx County). Suffolk County has the higher median home value ($539,500 vs $517,000 in Bronx County).

Population, income & housing

	Bronx County	Suffolk County
Population	1,419,250	1,525,680
Median age	35.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,036	$128,329
Median home value	$517,000	$539,500
Median gross rent	$1,436	$2,190
Housing units	553,231	579,790
Homeownership rate	20.3%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bronx County	Suffolk County
Population	1,435,068 → 1,419,250 (-1.1%)	1,483,832 → 1,525,680 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$40,088 → $49,036 (+22.3%)	$101,031 → $128,329 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$404,700 → $517,000 (+27.7%)	$397,400 → $539,500 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,212 → $1,436 (+18.5%)	$1,742 → $2,190 (+25.7%)

Bronx County

Population

1,435,0681,419,250

Median household income

$40,088$49,036

Median home value

$404,700$517,000

Median gross rent

$1,212$1,436

Suffolk County

Population

1,483,8321,525,680

Median household income

$101,031$128,329

Median home value

$397,400$539,500

Median gross rent

$1,742$2,190

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bronx County	Suffolk County
Under 5	6.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.1%
75 and over	5.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bronx County	Suffolk County
White (non-Hispanic)	8.8%	63.2%
Black or African American	29.1%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	4.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	54.9%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bronx County	Suffolk County
No high school diploma	24.7%	9.5%
High school graduate	28.4%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bronx County	Suffolk County
Drove alone	23.5%	73.4%
Carpooled	4.0%	7.4%
Public transit	53.7%	5.2%
Walked	7.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.9%	10.7%
Other means	2.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bronx County	Suffolk County
1-unit, detached	6.5%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	4.8%
20 or more units	60.6%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Bronx County	Suffolk County
Poverty rate	26.9%	6.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	44	32
Median year structure built	1954	1970