New York County vs Suffolk County

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

New York 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.

New York County has the higher population (1,627,788 vs 1,525,680 in Suffolk County). Suffolk County has the higher median household income ($128,329 vs $104,553 in New York County). New York County has the higher median home value ($1,108,900 vs $539,500 in Suffolk County).

Population, income & housing

	New York County	Suffolk County
Population	1,627,788	1,525,680
Median age	38.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$104,553	$128,329
Median home value	$1,108,900	$539,500
Median gross rent	$2,132	$2,190
Housing units	918,806	579,790
Homeownership rate	24.7%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.0%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New York County	Suffolk County
Population	1,631,993 → 1,627,788 (-0.3%)	1,483,832 → 1,525,680 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$86,553 → $104,553 (+20.8%)	$101,031 → $128,329 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$987,700 → $1,108,900 (+12.3%)	$397,400 → $539,500 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,740 → $2,132 (+22.5%)	$1,742 → $2,190 (+25.7%)

New York County

Population

1,631,9931,627,788

Median household income

$86,553$104,553

Median home value

$987,700$1,108,900

Median gross rent

$1,740$2,132

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)

	New York County	Suffolk County
Under 5	4.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	21.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.1%
75 and over	8.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New York County	Suffolk County
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	63.2%
Black or African American	12.5%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	12.3%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New York County	Suffolk County
No high school diploma	10.8%	9.5%
High school graduate	11.8%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.0%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New York County	Suffolk County
Drove alone	5.7%	73.4%
Carpooled	1.4%	7.4%
Public transit	45.5%	5.2%
Walked	18.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	2.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	23.0%	10.7%
Other means	3.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New York County	Suffolk County
1-unit, detached	1.1%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	4.8%
20 or more units	78.9%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	New York County	Suffolk County
Poverty rate	15.8%	6.4%
Average household size	2.01	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1951	1970