What percentage of people rent in the Town of Southold, NY?

Name: Renters and owners in the Town of Southold, NY, 2020–2024
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18.2% (±2.8 points) of the occupied homes in the Town of Southold, NY are rented (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

That is 1,784 renting households against 8,012 that own their home.

In the Town of Southold, the share of households that rent went from 16.5% in 2015–2019 to 18.2% in 2020–2024 (+1.7 percentage points), not a measurable change.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Households that rent: 18.2% (±2.8 points)
Renting households: 1,784 (±261)
Median renter income: $83,462 (±$11,552)

Who rents and who owns in the Town of Southold

Tenure, estimate (90% margin of error)
	Town of Southold	Suffolk County	New York	United States
Renter-occupied share	18.2% (±2.8 points)	17.8% (±0.5 points)	45.7% (±0.2 points)	34.8%
Renting households	1,784 (±261)	91,419 (±2,592)	3,525,661 (±12,362)	45,017,354
Owning households	8,012 (±529)	421,146 (±2,868)	4,196,985 (±19,607)	84,210,142
Average renter household size	2.7 (±0.4)	2.5 (±0.1)	2.3 (±0.0)	2.3
Average owner household size	2.3 (±0.1)	3.0 (±0.0)	2.7 (±0.0)	2.6
Median renter household income	$83,462 (±$11,552)	$72,488 (±$2,196)	$57,803 (±$395)	$52,966
Median owner household income	$128,795 (±$15,194)	$145,936 (±$1,299)	$114,563 (±$568)	$100,009

In the Town of Southold, the renter share is not measurably different from Suffolk County (17.8%).

It is also lower than in New York (45.7%).

It is lower than the national figure (34.8%).

In Suffolk County, the Town of Southold ranks 7 of 12 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest renter share.

Statewide, it ranks 518 of 1,004.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How renting in the Town of Southold has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Households that rent	16.5% (±3.0 points)	18.2% (±2.8 points)	+1.7 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Median gross rent	$1,558 (±$150)	$2,135 (±$227)	+37.0%	No measurable change after inflation
Median household income	$81,094 (±$3,914)	$116,667 (±$10,192)	+43.9%	Up after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Households that rent in places near the Town of Southold

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Southold
Place	Distance	Households that rent	Compared with this place
Town of Southold	—	18.2% (±2.8 points)	—
Village of Greenport	3.6 mi	53.7% (±9.8 points)	Higher
Town of Shelter Island	5.1 mi	5.3% (±7.9 points)	Lower
Shelter Island (community)	5.9 mi	10.7% (±15.0 points)	Not measurably different
Shelter Island Heights	6.2 mi	0.0% (±5.9 points)	Lower
Village of North Haven	8.0 mi	8.3% (±6.1 points)	Lower
Northwest Harbor	10 mi	17.7% (±14.0 points)	Not measurably different
Village of Sag Harbor	10 mi	16.8% (±6.5 points)	Not measurably different
Old Saybrook Center	10 mi	25.6% (±10.3 points)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Town of Shelter Island, NY (5.3%), Shelter Island Heights, NY (0.0%), Village of North Haven, NY (8.3%).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Village of Greenport, NY (53.7%).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Households that rent across Suffolk County, place by place

Rank	Place	Households that rent
1	Poospatuck Reservation	29.4% (±16.5 points)
2	Town of East Hampton	22.2% (±4.2 points)
3	Town of Babylon	21.7% (±1.2 points)
4	Town of Riverhead	20.2% (±3.8 points)
5	Town of Islip	19.5% (±1.0 points)
6	Town of Brookhaven	19.1% (±0.9 points)
7	Town of Southold	18.2% (±2.8 points)
8	Town of Southampton	17.6% (±1.9 points)
9 (tie)	Town of Huntington	11.3% (±1.2 points)
9 (tie)	Town of Smithtown	11.3% (±1.3 points)
11	Shinnecock Reservation	6.0% (±6.5 points)
12	Town of Shelter Island	5.3% (±7.9 points)

A New York town includes the villages and hamlets inside it, so the figures for the Town of Southold include them.

The figures for the Town of Southold include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Cutchogue, East Marion, Greenport West, Laurel, Mattituck, Orient, Southold (community).

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Town of Southold

How many renters are there in the Town of Southold?

The Town of Southold has an estimated 1,784 (±261) renting households, 18.2% of its occupied homes (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is renting growing in the Town of Southold?

In the Town of Southold, the share of households that rent went from 16.5% in 2015–2019 to 18.2% in 2020–2024 (+1.7 percentage points), not a measurable change.

How big are renting households in the Town of Southold?

A renting household in the Town of Southold has 2.7 people on average, against 2.3 in an owned home.

How much do renters earn in the Town of Southold?

The median renting household in the Town of Southold, NY has an income of $83,462 (±$11,552) a year, against $128,795 for households that own their home.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) and detailed tables (acs/acs5) for Southold town, Suffolk County, New York (county subdivision:69463, in state:36 county:103).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, B25064_001E, B25064_001M, B19013_001E, B19013_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0047E, DP04_0047M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0049E, DP04_0049M, DP04_0048E, DP04_0048M, B25119_003E, B25119_003M, B25119_002E, B25119_002M

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