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East Hampton town, Suffolk County, NY

28,701 Population
74.4 square miles 386 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 41.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$88,225 ±$8,229 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Suffolk County: $57,164 ±$655
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$132,348 ±$14,311 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Suffolk County: $130,686 ±$1,707
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.4% ±4.6% (2,975  ±1,311) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Suffolk County: 6.4% 96,529 (±0.3% / ±4,446)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.9 minutes ±2.4 (233,840  ±36,232) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Suffolk County: 31.1 20,954,200 (±0.3 / ±247,243)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,251 ±440 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 512,565 ±1,647
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (28,502  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Suffolk County: 2.9 1,500,679 (±0 / ±452)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±1.7% (280  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Suffolk County: 5.3% 17,631 (±0.4% / ±1,232)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

22,562 ±323 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 580,772 ±234
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$1,178,500 ±$53,493 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in Suffolk County: $578,400 ±$2,887
  • more than double the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.4% ±3% (2,396  ±851.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 7.2% 109,537 (±0.3% / ±4,301.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±4.5% (19,955  ±1,158.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 90.4% 972,852 (±0.7% / ±7,590.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
53.7% ±3.6% (11,394  ±858.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Suffolk County: 40.2% 432,600 (±0.5% / ±4,847.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

23.2% ±3.2% (6,645  ±908) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Suffolk County: 16.8% 257,333
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.2% ±0.7% (743  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 4% 48,220 (±0.1% / ±1,613)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
743 Total veterans ±158 686 Male ±159 57 Female ±40

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