Queens County vs Suffolk County

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

Queens 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.

Queens County has the higher population (2,330,124 vs 1,525,680 in Suffolk County). Suffolk County has the higher median household income ($128,329 vs $84,961 in Queens County). Queens County has the higher median home value ($699,200 vs $539,500 in Suffolk County).

Population, income & housing

	Queens County	Suffolk County
Population	2,330,124	1,525,680
Median age	40.4 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,961	$128,329
Median home value	$699,200	$539,500
Median gross rent	$1,915	$2,190
Housing units	903,598	579,790
Homeownership rate	44.9%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Queens County	Suffolk County
Population	2,287,388 → 2,330,124 (+1.9%)	1,483,832 → 1,525,680 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$68,666 → $84,961 (+23.7%)	$101,031 → $128,329 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$543,800 → $699,200 (+28.6%)	$397,400 → $539,500 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,583 → $1,915 (+21.0%)	$1,742 → $2,190 (+25.7%)

Queens County

Population

2,287,3882,330,124

Median household income

$68,666$84,961

Median home value

$543,800$699,200

Median gross rent

$1,583$1,915

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)

	Queens County	Suffolk County
Under 5	5.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.2%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.1%
75 and over	7.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Queens County	Suffolk County
White (non-Hispanic)	23.6%	63.2%
Black or African American	16.5%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	25.9%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	27.9%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Queens County	Suffolk County
No high school diploma	17.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	25.6%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Queens County	Suffolk County
Drove alone	32.1%	73.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.4%
Public transit	42.4%	5.2%
Walked	5.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.3%	10.7%
Other means	1.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Queens County	Suffolk County
1-unit, detached	19.1%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	30.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	4.8%
20 or more units	32.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Queens County	Suffolk County
Poverty rate	12.2%	6.4%
Average household size	2.77	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	43	32
Median year structure built	1953	1970